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Police raid home of rumoured Bitcoin founder

Police raid home of rumoured Bitcoin founder
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Australian police have raided the home and office of a man rumoured to be the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin. Federal police searched Craig

Australian police have raided the home and office of a man rumoured to be the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin.

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Federal police searched Craig Steven Wright’s properties in Sydney, but said the raid was about tax, not Bitcoin.

The founder of the currency is believed to hold about a million Bitcoins, which are reportedly worth about 262 million euros.

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