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Self-proclaimed bitcoin creator sued for alleged crypto theft

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The self-proclaimed creator of bitcoin is being sued for allegedly stealing $5 billion worth of cryptocurrency and other assets from a former business partner.

In 2016, Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the inventor of bitcoin.

He's being sued by Ira Kleiman on behalf of his brother Dave Kleiman, an information technology security expert who died in 2013.

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