MIAMI — A federal jury found that Dr. Craig Wright, an Australian man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, did not have a business partnership with deceased Florida computer forensics expert Dave Kleiman, but he does owe $100 million in compensatory damages for conversion to a company Kleiman founded in Florida, W&K Info Defense Research. Source link … [Read more...] about Craig Wright Found Not Liable for Breach of Kleiman Business Partnership
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Jury in Kleiman v. Wright Civil Suit Says It ‘Cannot Come to a Decision’
Craig Wright is an Australian man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, although that claim has been met with great skepticism within the Bitcoin community and has never been proven. Plaintiffs include the estate of David Kleiman, a computer forensics expert from Riviera Beach, Fla. ,who died in 2013, and a company Kleiman founded, W & K Info Defense Research. Source link … [Read more...] about Jury in Kleiman v. Wright Civil Suit Says It ‘Cannot Come to a Decision’
Jury Deliberations Begin in Kleiman v. Wright Trial
W&K Info Defense Research LLC, a business which was incorporated by Dave Kleiman in Florida in 2011, is also a plaintiff in the case. This entity is one vehicle through which Wright and Dave allegedly mined hundreds of thousands of bitcoins and created valuable blockchain intellectual property (i.e., software, etc). W&K – which now lists Ira as its manager – accuses … [Read more...] about Jury Deliberations Begin in Kleiman v. Wright Trial
Kleiman v. Wright: Defense’s Autism Expert Explains His Diagnosis of Craig Wright
MIAMI – On Friday, the federal civil trial pitting Craig Wright against Ira Kleiman continued, with the day dominated by testimony of an autism expert. Dr. Ami Klin testified that Wright is autistic and has had trouble relating to people throughout his life.Today marked the end of the third week of the trial. Wright claims to have invented Bitcoin by himself. Kleiman, the … [Read more...] about Kleiman v. Wright: Defense’s Autism Expert Explains His Diagnosis of Craig Wright
Kleiman v. Wright: A Story of Physical and Financial Tribulation
MIAMI – The federal civil trial of Kleiman v. Wright continued in Miami Thursday, with witnesses for the defense suggesting it was unlikely that Dave Kleiman had a business partnership with Craig Wright to invent and mine bitcoin. He had severe health problems, poor coding skills and never mentioned any such project to his close friends. When he’d entered into a different … [Read more...] about Kleiman v. Wright: A Story of Physical and Financial Tribulation