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The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto – the mysterious creator of Bitcoin – may no longer be a secret. A prominent attorney in the cryptocurrency field has just filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), alleging that the agency met and interviewed Satoshi himself in 2019 – and is currently concealing this information.

Attorney “MetaLawMan” and the FOIA lawsuit attract attention

At the beginning of this week, attorney James Murphy – who refers to himself as MetaLawMan on platform X (formerly Twitter) – filed a lawsuit based on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The goal: to compel DHS to release documents related to a secret meeting with #SatoshiNakamoto .

The two Estonian co-founders of the cryptocurrency mining platform HashFlare – Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin – are facing a bizarre legal situation in the U.S.: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has demanded they leave the country immediately, while the court is still requiring them to remain in Washington to await sentencing.

DHS 'nudges' despite the court not allowing them to leave

On April 6, both Potapenko and Turõgin received an email from #DHS with a brief but coercive message: “It’s time to leave the United States.” They were warned they would face “enforcement actions by law enforcement,” including criminal prosecution, civil penalties, and other serious consequences if they do not leave U.S. territory.