Craig Steven Wright - Satoshi, MtGox Hacker or just a fraud ?

[xtraelv]

In his attempt to claim he is Satoshi - Craig Wright has made claims in court filings that he owns certain Bitcoin addresses. This was before blockchain forensics was common.

In one of his claims in 2013 he claims to own the bitcoin address that contains the bitcoins from the first MtGox hack in 2011 ended up in.

He used the bitcoins from that wallet as collateral for his business.

https://blog.wizsec.jp/2018/02/kleiman-v-craig-wright-bitcoins.html
https://blog.wizsec.jp/2019/05/kleiman-v-craig-wright-part-2.html
https://blog.wizsec.jp/2019/07/kleiman-v-craig-wright-part-3.html
https://blog.wizsec.jp/2019/08/kleiman-v-craig-wright-part-4.html#more
https://blog.wizsec.jp/2019/08/kleiman-v-wright-part-5.html

He claimed to own the following addresses that were actually owned by MtGox. He used the funds held in some of the addresses as collateral in transactions for his businesses until the Australian Tax Office shut him down.
Court document can be seen here:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4462663-24-4.html#document/p5/a423127

1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a: MtGox user
1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF: first major MtGox theft receiving address
18JPragfuDVHWWG8ABQ15cghJFetnXUjBD: MtGox user
1F34duy2eeMz5mSrvFepVzy7Y1rBsnAyWC: from MyBitcoin.com
1HtTw9zR9wWFfgV8Jy8MqsaeVi7ZXrjdq6: part of a long chain of transactions that send minor amounts into a BTC-e deposit address
12fZ2HxkLjG9zn1u44XYsFFYKHM4A2zCea: MtGox user
16Ls6azc76ixc9Ny7AB5ZPPq6oiEL9XwXy: MtGox cold storage
12HddUDLhRP2F8JjpKYeKaDxxt5wUvx5nq: MtGox cold storage
1P3S1grZYmcqYDuaEDVDYobJ5Fx85E9fE9: MtGox cold storage
1MyGwFAJjVtB5rGJa32M6Yh46cGirUta1K: MtGox cold storage
1A6SDef1TJAM8Saw2SqmqFGhkWR1y3qMx2: MtGox deposit address
16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT: MtGox user

Wizsec was in the unique position that he was given access to the databases of MtGox by Mark Karpeles after the collapse.





If Craig Steven Wright really controlled 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF as certified by his lawyer and presented in the Supreme Court of New South Wales then he would be the hacker involved in the first major MtGox theft.

Court document can be seen here:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4462663-24-4.html#document/p5/a423127

From chatlog beween mccaleb and Karpeles used in evidence in the court documents against mccaleb:

[3/3/2011 7:45:26 AM] Mark Karpelès: I also located the bitcoin transaction causing all the bitcoins to disappear
[3/3/2011 7:45:34 AM] Mark Karpelès: in the wallet
[3/3/2011 7:45:45 AM] Jed McCaleb: which was it?
[3/3/2011 7:45:57 AM] Mark Karpelès: http://blockexplorer.com/tx/e67a0550848b7932d7796aeea16ab0e48a5cfe81c4e8cca2c5b03e0416850114


https://courts.ms.gov/appellatecourts/docket/sendPDF.php?f=dc00001_live.SCT.17.M.1681.102741.5.pdf&c=87490&a=N&s=2


https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/e67a0550848b7932d7796aeea16ab0e48a5cfe81c4e8cca2c5b03e0416850114

So to recap:
 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF received the coins from MTGox when it was hacked in 2011

A sworn statement by Craig Wrights lawyer from 2013 that Craig Wright showed him on his phone that he controlled 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF presented by Craig Wright to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as proof that it was used as collateral for his business


https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4462663-24-4.html#document/p5/a423127


https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1196794848852037632
https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF

[franky1]

he is not satoshi
he is not a hacker

he does not own any funds of stash 2009-2010(satoshi)
he does not own any funds of other stashes 2011-2013(mtgox/others)

no hacking occured. no private key is owned

all he done was grabbed publicly available information the PUBLIC ADDRESSES. and PRETENDED they were of importance and pretended they were his.

he just made a text file of PUBLIC ADDRESSES and told a naive second party that they were security keys attached and to notorise the PUBLIC addresses as collateral to then scam the aussie tax office and then rescam private investors.

right now he is trying to patent and case law create proof of something to then try selling these patents and his 'story'(book deal) to repay debts.

he is a scammer doing scam after scam pretty much a 'rob peter to pay paul' to scam person after person to scam scam scam.

he has no collateral originating as his own. its all scam and trickery to syphon money from investors and try repaying bits out to try keeping them calm and prolong it as long as possible

...
the latest legal stuff about the tulip collateral. is just delaying it by holding it up in court. so that the 'statue of limitations' runs out so that the aussie government can no longer chase after him because of a time limit

ira klieman and wright are not enemies. they are frenemies(freinds pretending to be enemies) just trying to keep the collaterals status of ownership in question so that australian cant do anything. then when the statue of limitation elapses. craig will pay his friend some money as a thank you for playing his game..

only issue is craig has leaped passed just civil limitations and is stepping foot into criminal actions.. meaning he can still get in alot of trouble.. but hey.. thats future drama

[adeandro]

Craig is a fraud. This is true. There was still no evidence that Craig was Satoshi.

[serjent05]

This is a nice find.  This will put Craig Wright in an unpleasant situation.   Randomly picking BTC address that has a huge amount on it will probably backfire on him.  It seems he does not do his own research about those random addresses he picked.  I thought this case is getting old but this recent event make it more interesting.  I wonder how he will react on this one, once this issue regarding owning the BTC address that holds the stolen BTC of Mt. Gox becomes the new focus of the investigation. 

[rdbase]

Wasnt there somebody creating magic the gathering type cards like these of forum members?
Could of sworn there was a post here about it but dont have the stamina to go through the 100s of pages to find it right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg53765821#msg53765821

[TheNewAnon135246]

Snip

Haven't seen anyone mention this before, nice find. To answer your question, Craig is neither. He is a pathological who keeps digging a deeper hole for himself.

[dothebeats]

CSW is neither. He just wanted to take the fame, use it for his (dis)advantage and fool people and the government for money and profit.

Even I can say that I control the richest address in bitcoin, write a sworn statement in presence of my lawyer even without proving that I control the said address. He has given himself too many loopholes that it's hard to keep the facts in check and he sometimes say lapses on some of his interviews. The man can't even hold himself off on a tight argument against Roger Ver regarding technicalities of bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash prior to the split of Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV.

Conclusion: CSW only wants attention, and that's it. He got that, and he's going to jail just because of that.

[20kevin20]

It's funny how he's literally covering himself with shit and the more shit he puts on himself, the deeper he gets buried inside the ground.

Everything is just full of lies, but remember these are documents he's sending IN COURT. This will bury him deeper than his own imagination could ever conceive. Lying in court is not a funny thing to do.

Now that he's linked himself to one of the theft addresses, let the fun begin because the court will surely hear of it too. Send this to a few Crypto news websites and it'll hit the headlines in no time. I'm waiting for BShitV supporters to come outside their little cages with some more stupid excuses... come on, 3rd of February has passed already. Where are the keys? 

[xtraelv]

he is not satoshi
he is not a hacker

he does not own any funds of stash 2009-2010(satoshi)
he does not own any funds of other stashes 2011-2013(mtgox/others)

no hacking occured. no private key is owned

all he done was grabbed publicly available information the PUBLIC ADDRESSES. and PRETENDED they were of importance and pretended they were his.

he just made a text file of PUBLIC ADDRESSES and told a naive second party that they were security keys attached and to notorise the PUBLIC addresses as collateral to then scam the aussie tax office and then rescam private investors.

right now he is trying to patent and case law create proof of something to then try selling these patents and his 'story'(book deal) to repay debts.

he is a scammer doing scam after scam pretty much a 'rob peter to pay paul' to scam person after person to scam scam scam.

he has no collateral originating as his own. its all scam and trickery to syphon money from investors and try repaying bits out to try keeping them calm and prolong it as long as possible

...
the latest legal stuff about the tulip collateral. is just delaying it by holding it up in court. so that the 'statue of limitations' runs out so that the aussie government can no longer chase after him because of a time limit

ira klieman and wright are not enemies. they are frenemies(freinds pretending to be enemies) just trying to keep the collaterals status of ownership in question so that australian cant do anything. then when the statue of limitation elapses. craig will pay his friend some money as a thank you for playing his game..

only issue is craig has leaped passed just civil limitations and is stepping foot into criminal actions.. meaning he can still get in alot of trouble.. but hey.. thats future drama

I agree with your opinion. They have a few options that are not subject to statute of limitations:


https://www.cdpp.gov.au/crimes-we-prosecute/fraud/tax-fraud

Wasnt there somebody creating magic the gathering type cards like these of forum members?
Could of sworn there was a post here about it but dont have the stamina to go through the 100s of pages to find it right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg53765821#msg53765821

Hahahaha that is so him !

Just look at the answer to his security question that he posted in the court documents.

[FAHRKERIM]

I gotta admit, Craig's my favourite villain among all existing crypto bullshitters right now. His legacy won't last long though especially with current lawsuits going on

[rosezionjohn]

The guy is definitely a fraud. He thought he could fool everyone until blockchain forensics became a thing. Well, he is still fooling a handful of people and I cannot wait for the bsv shills to defend him here now. I hope they do 

I will be ready here to watch how the drama unfolds...

[kryptqnick]

Snip

Haven't seen anyone mention this before, nice find. To answer your question, Craig is neither. He is a pathological who keeps digging a deeper hole for himself.

I don't understand how Craig did not end up in prison if he himself claimed to own the address to which the money from the hacked MtGox was transferred... I don't think he's a hacker, though. And yeah, I don't think he is Satoshi, even though there are some people who are absolutely sure of that. At the same time, he's not a complete fraud, because he does know a thing or two about cryptography. After all, he does manage to pretend to be Satoshi most of the time, he has a relevant degree and IT work experience.. So he is an educated guy, morally questionable and definitely not Satoshi.

[Zicadis]

Great breakdown of the current situation surrounding CSW.

I've always wanted to look into whether or not there is any credence to his claim, now I know there isn't any.

Looks like he has simply used his own technical knowledge of blockchain, or the BTC blockchain, in particular, to dupe people into believing he owns certain public keys.

Either way, you've gotta give the guy credit, he's still going to this day, and hasn't been banged up yet. That's an impressive feat considering the scale of his BS.

[DaveF]

The sad part is that there are people who still follow him.
BSV is up something like 12% in the last 24 hours. I just don't get it.

I mean, I do get it there are people who will follow a con till the end of time, I just don't understand how they can be that dumb.

-Dave

[vicoma]

When will this drama of who is Satoshi stop? Everybody wants to be associated with something good. Whenever he makes his fowl call about the name, BSV always pumps up and I don't just know how people reason.

[bryant.coleman]

The sad part is that there are people who still follow him.
BSV is up something like 12% in the last 24 hours. I just don't get it.

I mean, I do get it there are people who will follow a con till the end of time, I just don't understand how they can be that dumb.

-Dave

Rising prices of BSV doesn't necessarily mean acceptance of Craig Wright's claim that he is the real Satoshi. There are millions of cryptocurrency users around, and apparently CSW has been successful in fooling a small part of them, by using the "fear of being left behind" method. A large number of users think this way - they are 99% sure that Wright has nothing to do with Satoshi. But they are still unsure about the remaining 1%. So they are ready to invest 1% or 2% of their wealth to amass some BSV coins. Just to make sure that they are not left behind, in case by some miracle Wright is able to prove later that he has some relation to the real Satoshi.

[LogitechMouse]

The sad part is that there are people who still follow him.
BSV is up something like 12% in the last 24 hours. I just don't get it.

Well, these "investors" have 2 kinds:
1. Maybe these are the newbie investors who are following CSW for a long time and they believe in whatever he said. We can't blame them TBH because maybe they have taste profits with investing into BSV. They will just stop investing into it if they taste a loss.
2. CSW and his followers themselves. - Maybe they are the ones who are doing the pump and dump of the coin itself. Poor investors of BSW because they might end up losing their money into it.
If this is true, I'd like to see Faketoshi to be in prison. He is just a stupid person claiming that he is Satoshi and now he is claiming that he hacked Mt. Gox. What will he claim next? Maybe he will claim that he will adjust the maximum supply of BTC? I want this stupid idiot to be in jail .

[gmaxwell]

Want to hear the most amazing thing about those addresses?

1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a: MtGox user

This is cypherdoc's (Marc Lowe) addresses.  Cypherdoc is a big promoter of Wright/BSV today.

I guess doc has graduated from getting paid thousands of BTC in kickbacks from promoting scam bitcoin miners to promoting Wright's identity theft scam... since it has become hard to believe he's just a bamboozled victim given that wright was claiming doc's own address!

You'd think that someone who testified in court of being the Lebron James of Bitcoin could find a less humiliating ways to make a quick buck...

16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT: MtGox user

This one is Roger Ver's address. Ver was a Wright promoter for years and I tried countless times to get him to clue up and publish a signature refuting wright's claims... he finally did but only after having an unrelated business falling out with wright. Even after the fallout he continued implying wright was or could be Bitcoin's creator for months.


$ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage 16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT 'G39S6i4XsfQnixN5ePMjVPboWvGXdnW8xFFAXiwEriZFCclflbD7umP58u3Sl+dvvXC5BxBrRNkTMNf92O1UIXw=' "Address 16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT does not belong to Satoshi or to Craig Wright.
Craig is a liar and a fraud."
true

If checking yourself, be sure to get the line-break right

[xtraelv]

Want to hear the most amazing thing about those addresses?

1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a: MtGox user

This is cypherdoc's addresses.  Cypherdoc is a big promoter of Wright/BSV today.

I guess he graduated from getting paid thousands of BTC in kickbacks from promoting scam bitcoin miners to promoting Wright's identity theft scam... since it's become hard to believe he's just a bamboozled victim given that wright was claiming his own address!

You'd think that someone who testified in court of being the Lebron James of cryptocurrency could less humiliating ways to make a quick buck...

16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT: MtGox user

This one is Roger Ver's address. Ver was a Wright promoter for years and I tried countless times to get him to clue up and publish a signature refuting wright's claims... he finally did but only after having an unrelated business falling out with wright. Even after the fallout he continued implying wright was or could be Bitcoin's creator for months.


$ ./bitcoin-cli verifymessage 16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT 'G39S6i4XsfQnixN5ePMjVPboWvGXdnW8xFFAXiwEriZFCclflbD7umP58u3Sl+dvvXC5BxBrRNkTMNf92O1UIXw=' "Address 16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT does not belong to Satoshi or to Craig Wright.
Craig is a liar and a fraud."
true

If checking yourself, be sure to get the line-break right

https://jhoenicke.github.io/brainwallet.github.io/#verify?vrAddr=16cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT&vrMsg=Address%2016cou7Ht6WjTzuFyDBnht9hmvXytg6XdVT%20does%20not%20belong%20to%20Satoshi%20or%20to%20Craig%20Wright.%0ACraig%20is%20a%20liar%20and%20a%20fraud.&vrSig=G39S6i4XsfQnixN5ePMjVPboWvGXdnW8xFFAXiwEriZFCclflbD7umP58u3Sl%2BdvvXC5BxBrRNkTMNf92O1UIXw%3D

[franky1]

hmm.. so if cyberdoc hands craig the privkey for cyberdocs 1933ph address.. craig could possibly use it and pretend that it validates a story of, if he has one privkey of addresses in the list he must have them all...

kinda wonder why craig has not done so yet.
i wonder what cyberdoc and craig are waiting for.

if i made a textfile of  few hundred addresses but then included one which i or a friend did have a key for.. the only reason i wouldnt use the privkey to validate an address in the collateral file.. is that stalling is the aim of the game

only a few months left of the aussie statue of limitations