Former Craig Wright coworker Christen Ager-Hansen said he attempted to avert a terrible legal proceeding before it started.
Christen Ager-Hansen, advised his former coworkers, Craig Wright and financial supporter Calvin Ayre, not to go to court.
Despite Ager-Hansen’s growing conviction that Wright was a scammer and that the lawsuit was hopeless, other people, such as Wright’s wealthy supporter Calvin Ayre, stood their ground.
Wright now faces a possible court date in the UK for perjury. Wright falsely claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto during the COPA vs. Wright trial in the UK. After a six-week trial that began in February, High Court Judge Edward James Mellor found that Craig Wright had lied “extensively and repeatedly.”
Mellor found that “all his fabrications and falsified records backed up his biggest lie: his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto.”
On July 16, Mellor forwarded the case to the Crown Prosecution Service. Ager-Hansen says there were warning signs before the lawsuit started, so none of this was a surprise.
Ager-Hansen and Wright first met.
When Ager-Hansen went to Royal Ascot, a high-society horse racing event supported and frequently attended by members of the UK Royal Family, she met Wright for the first time in June 2022.
He claimed that Wright’s false playbook was identical to when they met.
Ager-Hansen said, “I was shown what I now know were fraudulent documents showing that he was Satoshi — which was not true.”
During that initial meeting, other attendees included Wright’s millionaire financier, Calvin Ayre, and Stefan Matthews, co-founder and executive chairman of nChain, overseeing the Bitcoin fork, Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision BSV$45.30.
Ager-Hansen stated, “They wanted me to assist him in managing his legal cases.”
According to Ager-Hansen, nChain is similar to a “cult” with a cult mentality, and he was quickly drawn into its peculiar inner workings after deciding to join.
According to Ager-Hansen, being a part of “a cult like this[…] is exciting, actually” is “the sick thing.”
One hundred million justifications for lying
Despite nChain’s concerning characteristics, Ayre kept the organization cohesive.
Ager-Hansen stated of Ayre, “He’s much richer than people believe […]” My pay was excellent. Ager-Hansen claimed, “I was paid to win the case.” “I received a $100 million offer to win this case.”
It is not just Ager-Hansen that had such a valuable business up for grabs. According to Ager-Hansen, Ayre provided Stefan Matthews, Chain’s executive chairman, with similar incentives.
Matthews stated in court that Wright had shown him a draft copy of the Bitcoin BTC$66,975 white paper as early as 2008, but as Ager-Hansen points out, Matthews had a lot of reasons to fabricate that claim.
“Mr. Matthews was considerably more careful in his lies than Dr. Wright, only lying where he had to sustain Dr. Wright’s position,” Mellor said, calling Matthews “utterly unconvincing,” much like Wright.
In the long run, that might not be helpful to Matthews. Should accusations of perjury be brought as anticipated, he might end up in the dock with Wright.
The terrible “mock trial.”
Ager-Hansen’s concerns about the case grew over time.
Ager-Hansen remarked, “I felt like [Wright] wasn’t trustworthy.”
According to Ager-Hansen, he set up a fictitious trial for Wright for September 2023, wherein a senior attorney questioned the latter recognized as a King’s Counsel, or KC, in the United Kingdom.
Ager-Hansen explained, “It was actually to show Calvin and Steven Matthews that Craig is a fraud.”
When we asked him about it, Ager-Hansen harshly evaluated Wright’s performance in the fake trial.
Ager-Hansen declared, “He was an idiot, just like it was in the real court case.” I informed Steven and Calvin that they were crazy for supporting Craig. You need to put the business first and keep your distance from him.
After the mock trial, the KC leading Wright’s cross-examination was offered a $100 million offer. Just like Ager-Hansen, the KC turned down Ayre’s proposal.
History demonstrates how foolishly Matthews and Ayre disregarded Ager-Hansen’s objections and the simulated trial. He thinks that by this time, both guys had been too involved in the lie.
If Wright had prevailed, Ayre would have had access to billions of dollars worth of court cases, and a Bitcoin theft would have been feasible. It was a case of avarice triumphing over common sense to pursue the lawsuit at any cost.
Ager-Hansen left nChain before the month ended and voiced grievances about his previous employer in public.
Terrible news for Craig Wright
In addition to facing a possible prison sentence for perjury, Wright has gained many adversaries across several nations.
“He has sued in Florida, the UK, and other places […] He has sued people for defamation when they claim he is lying. Given the current situation, those have yet to age well, Balthazor stated. “Generally speaking, the truth defends against defamation claims.”
Balthazor claimed that those Wright had previously sued might have a “legitimate claim” they could pursue. Wright was never afraid to litigate, which made him a formidable foe.
Wright’s countless court cases
Wright lost a slander lawsuit against Magnus Granath, often known online as Hodlonaut, in December 2022. Granath had referred to Wright as a “fraudster.”
Wright defeated podcaster Peter McCormack in a defamation lawsuit in December 2023. Wright was referred to by McCormack as a “fucking liar” and as “a moron and a fraud.”
The UK judge determined that these remarks satisfied defamation laws in the UK and mandated that McCormack reimburse Wright for the harm to his reputation, which was worth one pound ($1.29).
Wright filed lawsuits against Kraken and Binance concurrently with the McCormack case, claiming that BSV, which nChain holds, ought to be recognized as the genuine Bitcoin.
Balthazor also revealed that Wright is still pursuing two cases in Florida against Romona Ang, the late Andy Kleiman’s wife.
Wright was already sentenced to pay $100 million to W&K Info Defense Research, a corporation owned by his widow and widely believed to have been formed by computer scientist Andy Kleiman, in a December 2021 Florida trial.
Wright contends that he should receive the $100 million (which has since grown to $143 million with interest) since he founded the business.
According to reports, a second lawsuit against the creators of Bitcoin for ownership of 110,000 BTC ($7.4 billion) was abandoned in April.
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) case and another possible criminal action in the UK have tarnished all these cases.
“The court used some quite strong language. Balthazor remarked, “I think his credibility is shot.” “I believe a skilled lawyer will be able to use the proof of his lies during the COPA trial to damage his reputation and potentially bring up old grievances.”
Christen Ager-Henson said that he also intends to suit Wright, Matthews, and Ayre. First, though, the man who isn’t Satoshi will probably be charged with perjury in the UK.
Wright, who formerly mixed with British aristocracy, is taking a unique turn; he might soon find himself under His Majesty’s custody.
