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Craig Wright will get 2-year suspended sentence in COPA contempt case

By Editorial Board Published December 19, 2024 3 Min Read
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Craig Wright will get 2-year suspended sentence in COPA contempt case

Craig Wright has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence by a UK decide after he was discovered responsible of legal contempt of court docket following accusations from the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA).

Wright was discovered responsible of legal contempt of court docket on 5 separate grounds and will probably be arrested and imprisoned if he commits one other offense within the UK. He has additionally been ordered to pay £144,000 ($180,000) to cowl COPA’s authorized prices.

Wright attended at this time’s listening to just about and claimed that he would attraction the decision. 

Right this moment’s resolution adopted yesterday’s listening to the place legal professionals representing COPA argued that he had breached his injunctions on a number of events after submitting a lawsuit towards Jack Dorsey’s Sq. Up and BTC Core. 

Wright additionally did not attend yesterday’s listening to in particular person, regardless of orders from Choose Mr. Justice Mellor, probably committing one other act of contempt of court docket.

Mellor stated at this time that Wright relied on “promissory estoppel,” to keep away from attendance and that he discovered “each ground for contempt proved beyond all reasonable doubt.”

The decide concluded that, “[Wright] has expressed no remorse today,” and that “promissory estoppel is legal nonsense.” In his resolution, he additionally struck out Wright’s new declare.

Describing the size of Wright’s authorized misdeeds, COPA’s authorized consultant, Jonathan Hough, claimed “Wright has found himself in contempt of court in three continents over two decades.” The listening to was once more shared dwell by BitMEX Analysis, patent legal professional David Pearce, and Bitnorbert. 

Earlier this yr, Wright was referred to the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over his potential perjury. On the time, the UK courts struggled to establish the place he’d gone after leaving the UK.  

When the decide requested what nation Wright is presently in, he replied “Asia” — a continent. Mellor then famous that Wright “can avoid the consequences by continuing to base himself in Thailand.” He added, “Wright appears to be well aware of countries without extradition arrangements.”

Hours earlier than yesterday’s listening to, Wright claimed that he couldn’t attend as he couldn’t afford the means to journey. COPA provided to cowl these prices however Wright stated that it will value £240,000, together with the losses to his enterprise.

All through the case, Wright has chosen to signify himself. He has beforehand been caught citing non-existent authorized instances by way of his use of ChatGPT. 

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