Australian police raid home of suspected Bitcoin creator

[Belsnickel]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-bitcoin-exclusive-idUSKBN0TS0AB20151209#tL03X5ZM5bRBU2H4.97

Quote:Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable creator of bitcoin and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency, Reuters witnesses said.

More than a dozen federal police officers entered a house registered on the electoral roll to Craig Steven Wright, whom Wired outed as the likely real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous figure that first released bitcoin's code in 2009.

Locksmiths broke open the door of the property, in a suburb on Sydney's north shore. When asked what they were doing, one officer told a Reuters reporter they were "clearing the house".

A reporter who approached an office listed as the location of two of Wright's registered businesses, DeMorgan Ltd and Panopticrypt Pty Ltd, in another Sydney suburb, was turned away by police with one officer saying: "There's an operation going on at the moment, I can't answer any questions." Several police officers could be seen speaking with workers inside.

[Devils Advocate]

So what are they going after this guy for, it hasn't been made clear. Tax evasion?

[Belsnickel]

(12-09-2015, 11:40 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: So what are they going after this guy for, it hasn't been made clear. Tax evasion?

That would be my best guess. That is one big way the governments will try to attack virtual currencies

[Devils Advocate]

Ive read several comments about this guy. Many people dont believe it's actually the bitcoin guy. But, other outlets are reporting this story and even named another guy, who is now dead, as an accomplice. People dont think the bitcoin guy would be caught unless he wanted to, because he's avoided detection for so long. Interesting story. Wright is quite the Renaissance Man.

[Belsnickel]

(12-09-2015, 11:50 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Ive read several comments about this guy. Many people dont believe it's actually the bitcoin guy. But, other outlets are reporting this story and even named another guy, who is now dead, as an accomplice. People dont think the bitcoin guy would be caught unless he wanted to, because he's avoided detection for so long. Interesting story. Wright is quite the Renaissance Man.

I saw those as well. It seems that Wright placed some clues to point to him being the creator, 4 years after the creation. Very interesting story.