why does anyone ever perform
identity fraud?
Identity theft is the deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person's name.
in addition to what was said about his company's bitcoin related patents and other theories I do believe that this was a plan so that he can advertise bitcoin cash which he did a little in the beginning but since from early days of this false claim the community acted wisely and also since this kind of proof is easily debunked, he could never pull it off successfully.