Discovery Sanctions Granted In Ownership Dispute Over Bitcoin Fortune

Mealey's (August 29, 2019, 4:17 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Although a Florida federal magistrate judge previously declined to issue sanctions against the defendant in a lawsuit over the ownership of billions of dollars in bitcoin, after briefing, depositions and a hearing, the magistrate on Aug. 27 imposed sanctions for the defendant’s failure to comply with previous discovery orders in the form of costs and fees for the plaintiffs, as well as a ruling deeming certain facts to be established in their favor and striking the defendant’s affirmative defenses (Ira Kleiman, et al. v. Craig Wright, No. 9:18-cv-80176, S.D. Fla.)....