#KleimanvWright trial Day 4
1. Ira Kleiman was the only witness today, he was cross-examined by Craig's (CSW) attorney Andres Rivero (AR)
the major takeaway from today was that outside of CSW asking Dave Kleiman (DK) for help editing a paper about 'Bit Coin, Bit Cash' ...
1. Ira Kleiman was the only witness today, he was cross-examined by Craig's (CSW) attorney Andres Rivero (AR)
the major takeaway from today was that outside of CSW asking Dave Kleiman (DK) for help editing a paper about 'Bit Coin, Bit Cash' ...
2. that DK and CSW never talked about bitcoin via email correspondence again.
interestingly, the two did have a lot of correspondence regarding business matters for the company they did legally launch together, W&K defense
W&K defense was registered in the state of Florida...
interestingly, the two did have a lot of correspondence regarding business matters for the company they did legally launch together, W&K defense
W&K defense was registered in the state of Florida...
3.and filed tax returns with the IRS yearly.
that being said, Both Dave and CSW clearly knew how to set up a legitimate business partnership over business matters they worked on together.
...ok back to IRA
the only reason Ira believes DK may have had a significant amount of
that being said, Both Dave and CSW clearly knew how to set up a legitimate business partnership over business matters they worked on together.
...ok back to IRA
the only reason Ira believes DK may have had a significant amount of
4.BTC was because CSW sent Ira an email saying he was a good friend of Dave's and had a suspicion that dave owned A LOT of BTC...
this was after DK had passed away and Ira became the personal representative of the DK estate.
this was after DK had passed away and Ira became the personal representative of the DK estate.
5 (1/2).When he became the personal rep. he quickly learned that the DK estate is deeply in debt, one piece of evidence shown in court said DK owed $560,000 to a bank.
and around the same time he got this in-debt estate, he began to aggressively hunt for DK's BTC
and around the same time he got this in-debt estate, he began to aggressively hunt for DK's BTC
5 (2/2). A BTC payday could alleviate the estate's debt after all.
Conclusion (1/3)
-outside of one email, DK and CSW never spoke about bitcoin via email
-DK and CSW know how to set up a legitimate business and have done so via W&K Defense in the past
-the Dave Kleiman estate is deeply in debt and that debt is now Ira Kleiman's responsibility
-outside of one email, DK and CSW never spoke about bitcoin via email
-DK and CSW know how to set up a legitimate business and have done so via W&K Defense in the past
-the Dave Kleiman estate is deeply in debt and that debt is now Ira Kleiman's responsibility
Conclusion (2/3) Ira didn't know Dave that well when he was living, he actually threw out and give away most of DK's possessions when he died.
Conclusion 3/3
And Ira only learned of potential BTC dave had after CSW reached out to him via email post-mortem
So far there is zero proof other than CSW's word of mouth that indicates DK was a BTC owner.
And Ira only learned of potential BTC dave had after CSW reached out to him via email post-mortem
So far there is zero proof other than CSW's word of mouth that indicates DK was a BTC owner.
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