Florida Court Summons Wife and Associates of Craig Wright in Billion Dollar Lawsuit
As part of a pending lawsuit, a Florida judge has requested international judicial assistance from the Queen’s Bench Division in London to summon and question Craig Wright’s wife and associates in court. The Kleiman estate had filed a $10 billion federal lawsuit against self-proclaimed Bitcoin founder Wright in February 2018.
The court filed the petition on behalf of Ira Kleiman, wife of the now-deceased computer scientist, Dave Kleiman. According to Ira, Wright allegedly embezzled over $5 billion worth of Bitcoin at the time of the lawsuit, from her husband, who worked with Wright from 2009 to 2013. The Kleiman estate is looking to recover at least 30,000 BTC from Wright, along with any forked assets.
Wright’s Business Associate and Author Summoned
The Kleiman estate has filed for the motion to question Ramona Watts, the wife of Craig Wright, since she “was identified in his initial disclosures as an individual with knowledge of the facts underlying the plaintiffs’ claims.”
According to the estate, Wright had revealed his mining partnership with Kleiman to his wife, who became the co-director of Bitcoin-related companies with her husband after their marriage.
I addition to questioning Ramona Watts, the Kleiman estate is also looking to obtain the testimony of Andrew O’Hagan, author of the book “The Satoshi Affair.” To prove that he was indeed the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, Wright provided O’Hagan “extensive access” to his life. The estate claimed:
“During this 6-month process, O’Hagan recorded many hours of tape” of his many dozens of hours of conversation with Wright” where they discussed information relevant to the lawsuit.”
Wright’s business associate, Robert MacGregor, was also named since he is acquainted with the details of the partnership between Wright and Kleiman, in addition to being the buyer of “Satoshi Nakamoto’s” life rights.
Bitcoin Inception Partnership: A Betraying Affair?
According to the initial lawsuit filed by the Kleiman estate in 2018, Wright forged Kleiman’s signature to steal his share of the partnership. The value of the overall Bitcoin mined by the duo was worth approximately $10 billion in 2018 when Kleiman’s estate sued Wright.
Addressing claims that the two individuals were involved in the creation of Bitcoin, the estate said that “it was unclear whether Craig, Dave, and/or both created Bitcoin.” Reiterating their demand to receive a fair share of Kleiman’s digital assets, they said,
“It is undeniable, however, that Craig and Dave were involved in Bitcoin from its inception and that they accumulated a vast wealth of bitcoins from 2009 to 2013”.
Author Rahul N.
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