


She was friendly but he was weird – to one neighbour he was ‘Cold-Shoulder Craig’ – and their landlord wondered why they needed so much extra power: Wright had what appeared to be a whole room full of generators at the back of the property. Some of the neighbours say the Wrights were a little distant. The name ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ appeared sixth from the bottom of the list.Ĭraig Wright in the Oxford Circus office. The warrant listed dozens of companies whose papers were to be scrutinised, and 32 individuals, some with alternative names, or alternative spellings. They were looking for ‘originals or copies’ of material held on hard drives and computers they wanted bank statements, mobile phone records, research papers and photographs. As one set of agents scoured his kitchen cupboards and emptied out his garage, another entered his main company headquarters at 32 Delhi Road in North Ryde. Wright, a computer scientist and businessman, headed a group of companies associated with cryptocurrency and online security. The warrant was issued at the behest of the Australian Taxation Office. They were looking for a man named Craig Steven Wright, who lived with his wife, Ramona, at 43 St Johns Avenue. Some of the federal agents wore shirts that said ‘Computer Forensics’ one carried a search warrant issued under the Australian Crimes Act 1914.

Ten men raided a house in Gordon, a north shore suburb of Sydney, at 1.30 p.m.
