Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator accused of $5 billion crypto heist

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The brother of a deceased Florida man has sued Craig Wright, an Australian best known for initially claiming in 2016 (but ultimately failing to definitively prove) that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's mythical creator.

In this new lawsuit, Wright is accused of effectively swindling Dave Kleiman's estate-his brother Ira Kleiman is the one who has filed the case-out of a massive cache of bitcoins that today are worth more than $5 billion.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in West Palm Beach on February 14, and it was first reported by Vice Motherboard and Bloomberg on Tuesday.

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