PANews reported on April 8th that according to Cryptoslate, renowned crypto lawyer James Murphy (@MetaLawMan) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The legal lawsuit filed on April 7th aims to reveal potential information about the identity of Bitcoin's mysterious founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Murphy stated that the lawsuit stems from a statement made at a financial intelligence conference in 2019. At the conference, a DHS official claimed to have identified Satoshi Nakamoto's identity and met with him in California, with three other Bitcoin developers present. Murphy now seeks to obtain internal documents, emails, and notes from the Department of Homeland Security to verify whether the meeting actually took place. He believes that if the meeting did occur, there must be written records, and this lawsuit is intended to make these records public. Additionally, Murphy calls on DHS Secretary Christy Noem to voluntarily disclose the information. If the Department of Homeland Security refuses, he says he will persist with the lawsuit until the truth is revealed.
