Reported Bitcoin 'founder' Craig Wright's home raided by Australian police

Re:Reported Bitcoin 'founder' Craig Wright's home raided by ... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @04:45AM (#10702774)

If I had an ongoing investigation into someone suspected of tax evasion and suddenly the internet at large revealed his identity, I'd be sure to raid asap - Wright was probably not aware that the tax office was investigating him, but I'm sure that if he is Satoshi and sits on a million BTC, and his identity is revealed, I'd try and GTFO. Which wouldn't be in the tax office's interest.

Not sure if the above makes sense. The two are probably related.

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Re:Reported Bitcoin 'founder' Craig Wright's home raided by ... by yc1010 on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @06:12AM (#10703029)

I am thinking here is what happened

The guy seeing an opportunity and possibly having some early coins declared himself to tax office as Satoshi, but maybe claimed he lost keys to majority of coins. He then proceeded to have one of his companies claim tax back for R&D of bitcoin. The whole thing probably backfired then.

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Re:Reported Bitcoin 'founder' Craig Wright's home raided by ... by yungchin on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @05:10AM (#10702843)

According to the article, he was very aware of the investigation: tax officers interviewed him about his bitcoin assets.

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