One of the BTC addresses, indicated by Craig Wright's lawyers as belonging to him, contains about 80 thousand BTC (~$756 million) stolen from MtGox in 2011. This was stated by the former CEO of the exchange Mark Karpeles.
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The 1Feex address contains ~80k BTC stolen from MtGox in March 2011. Craig Wright is claiming to have been in control of this address until recently, admitting legal liability for damages and interest?https://t.co/vWGF871c16
— Mark Karpelès (@MagicalTux) June 12, 2020
Wright’s lawyers sent a letter to Blockstream with two BTC addresses allegedly belonging to Wright.
On one of them, 79 957 BTC is stored, on the other 31 000 BTC. According to lawyers, the self-proclaimed creator of the BTC in February 2020 lost access to them as a result of hacking.
They stated that Wright is still the owner of the funds and the company should not allow them to be moved. According to them, the entrepreneur also has all the rights to the name "Bitcoin" and the "database" of cryptocurrency.
Blockstream Strategy Director Samson Mow called the letter “idiotic.”
Users noticed that the address provided by Wright’s lawyers does appear in the court documents in the MtGox case.
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Just so we're clear, Craig Wright has just openly admitted (via his lawyers) to be the guy that stole 80k BTC from Mtgox. The screenshots below show the court documents indicating the "1Feex" address is where the stolen Mtgox funds were sent. What do you have to say, @CalvinAyre? pic.twitter.com/Yh1esDar6J
— Riccardo Spagni (@fluffypony) June 12, 2020
He noted that the cryptocurrency transferred in 2011 from the exchange is still at the address.