A British man has stated he’s not responsible of fraud after allegedly convincing an investor that he’s Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
In line with the Commonplace, the alleged sufferer says that Stephen Nour Mollah, 58, “dishonestly” led him to consider that he’s Satoshi Nakamoto from November 2022 to October 2023. He apparently claimed to be in possession of 165,000 bitcoins in Singapore — price as much as $5 billion throughout that timeframe.
Mollah faces a single cost of fraud together with an confederate, 67-year-old Charles Anderson, in a personal prosecution in London.
Do you know? Satoshi Nakamoto is the director of Coinbase, CoinDesk, and Mt. Gox
Satoshi Nakamoto’s id has been the topic of hypothesis for years. HBO’s newest documentary claimed to have recognized Satoshi as former bitcoin developer Peter Todd. Hours earlier than its launch, nevertheless, Todd publicly denied it was him.
The reply was in entrance of our face all alongside. Satoshi Nakamoto’s id was really revealed on Medium — and, you guessed it, Mollah is the mastermind.
“Hoffman Investigation Team has Found Satoshi Nakamoto, the Elusive Inventor of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology in London. His Real Name is Stephen Nour Mollah,” the publish reads (through Blackdot Options).
There’s something poetic about this stage of half-assed forgery (picture through Blackdot Options).
Observe using Cointelegraph’s brand within the picture, and the jarring mixture of its signature fashion with apparent photoshop.
Public information additionally point out that Mollah has been registered because the director of over 30 dodgy monetary corporations previously decade, together with Coinbase Restricted, CoinDesk Restricted, and Mt Gox Bitcoin Trade Restricted.
Most of those corporations had been dissolved inside two years, displaying little to no exercise.
Mollah and Anderson’s trial is ready for October 3, 2025 in London.
