Former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli made striking claims about Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
Martin Shkreli claims this cartel is Satoshi Nakamoto
When the recognized fund manager was president of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim for AIDS patients increased from $13.50 to $750.19. With this move, he received a great reaction from the public in September 2015. In 2017, he wore the convict shirt on fraud charges unrelated to the Daraprim controversy. The fund manager, who was imprisoned until May 2022, was released on May 18. Now, in a recent Substack post, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto has come up with new allegations about who he is…
Martin Shkreli said in a recent Substack post that Satoshi Nakamot is a crime cartel. He suggested that Paul Le Roux, a former programmer and crime cartel leader, was the founder of Bitcoin. Shkreli says he managed to decrypt the first transfer sent to the late Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney. “On January 12, 2009, a transaction took place between Paul Leroux and Hal Finney,” he wrote in the post.
Shkreli is a controversial pharmaceutical entrepreneur and former hedge fund manager. He rose to fame in 2015 after significantly increasing the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim. He was convicted of federal securities fraud in 2017. He was released in May of this year after serving a seven-year sentence.
Why Paul Le Roux?
Paul Le Roux is a former computer programmer and alleged crime lord. He’s been involved in crimes related to drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder for hire in the United States. In 2012, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) successfully arrested Roux after an operation.
Well-known developer Greg Maxwell challenged Shkreli’s claims by pointing out that the type of digital signature attributed to Satoshi did not appear after Finney’s death. This indicates that the late software developer’s private key may now have someone else’s control.
Shkreli’s claim, if true, implies that Le Roux designed Bitcoin as a method to launder money from his illegal activities, confirming the concerns of many who downplay the use of cryptocurrencies.
Shkreli wrote on his blog:
Shkreli shared the Bitcoin wallet that Hal Finney used to receive the first Bitcoin transfer from Satoshi. This wallet is: 1Q2TWHE3GMdB6BZKafqwxXtWAWgFt5Jvm3. Shkreli says he decrypted this wallet and signature. This transaction took place between Hal Finney and Paul Leroux on January 12, 2009.
When the wallet address is confirmed to belong to Hal Finney, Shkreli’s claim implies that Finney himself wanted to convey that Paul Le Roux is Satoshi Nakamoto. Paul Le Roux is a programmer, criminal mastermind, and informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He is currently serving a 25-year sentence in the United States, which was handed down in June 2020. Interestingly, it is not the first time that Le Roux has been suggested as Satoshi. In 2019, an unproven Wired article said that several signs pointed to Le Roux being Satoshi.
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