Australia police raid home of bitcoin founder
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dec. 9, 2015: A Federal police officer walks through the garage at the home of a Sydney man in Sydney, Australia as they search the property as part of a tax investigation. (AP)
Australian police raided the Sydney home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin.
A statement from the Australian Federal Police on Wednesday said the searches were related to a tax investigation not recent media reports on the virtual currency.
Federal officers and tax officials refused to answer questions as they left the house in a Sydney suburb hauling two black roller suitcases.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Technology publications Wired and Gizmodo published reports this week identifying an Australian businessman as bitcoin's likely inventor.
Since bitcoin's birth in 2009, the currency's creator has remained a mystery.
In March last year, American Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto denied he was the inventor after Newsweek published a 4,500-word cover story linking the currency to him.