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Tristan Kirk

British businessman accused of falsely claiming to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto

A businessman from Pimlico has been accused of pretending to be the inventor of Bitcoin in a private prosecution alleging crypto fraud.

Stephen Mollah, 58, is said to have posed as ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, the mysterious founder of the digital currency, while allegedly falsely claiming to own 165,000 Bitcoin in Singapore.

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