Craig Wright's Counsel Rebuts Forgery Evidence in Ongoing Lawsuit

Craig Wright's ongoing contempt hearing failed to reach a sanctions verdict on August 5.

As part of a $10 billion lawsuit brought by Ira Kleiman, brother of Wright's former business partner Dave Kleiman, Wright previously failed to disclose a complete list of his bitcoin holdings acquired prior to Dec. 31, 2013.

These holdings may contain bitcoin collectively mined by Wright and Kleiman and may be held in the 1.1 million bitcoin Tulip Trust, at the heart of the case.

Wright has claimed his access to the trust is limited through a complicated cryptographic scheme.

Despite the rigid criteria, Shadders also testified his algorithm contained a "Quirk" that may have included addresses that do not belong to Wright.

As part of the cross-examination the prosecution probed Shadders regarding his travel expenses to and from the June 28 hearing at which Wright testified, seemingly to indicate Shadders may have been paid for his efforts.

Shadders declined a request for comment and Wright did not appear in court.

According to his testimony, a number of emails and BitMessages purportedly sent between Dave Kleiman and Wright, as well as documents pertaining to the Tulip Trust show evidence of tampering.

Edman frequently spoke to circumstantial evidence that suggests Wright manipulated documents to weave a narrative around the establishment and chain of custody of the Tulip Trust, though the defense was able to push back during a cross examination.

Wright's counsel argued that though metadata may place an email as having been edited in Eastern Australia's timezone, where Wright was residing at the time, it does not conclusively speak to who or why an edit was made.