UK prosecutors are investigating a man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin for alleged perjury.

• On Tuesday, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin was referred to British prosecutors for allegedly committing perjury.
• The British High Court Judge James Mellor opted to submit a case against Wright's assertion of being the inventor of bitcoin to the Crown Prosecution Service.
• The CPS will decide whether to prosecute Wright for "wholesale perjury and forgery of documents," and whether to issue a warrant for arrest and possible extradition, according to Mellor.

Craig Wright, the Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin, was referred to British prosecutors for allegedly committing perjury on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, British High Court Judge James Mellor decided to refer a case against Wright's claim to be the inventor of bitcoin to the Crown Prosecution Service, which prosecutes criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales.

The CPS will now decide whether to prosecute Wright for "wholesale perjury and forgery of documents," and whether a warrant for arrest and possible extradition is necessary.

Since the High Court ruling, Wright has largely remained quiet about his claim to be Bitcoin's inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, after being found to have lied "extensively and repeatedly" in his evidence.

In the London court case, Wright tried to establish his claim as the original inventor of bitcoin and assert his ownership of intellectual property rights, specifically copyright in the bitcoin white paper and early versions of the bitcoin software. However, it is important to note that the bitcoin protocol is a decentralized, open-source network, meaning no single entity can gain control over it.

Judge Mellor determined that Wright attempted to fabricate a large number of documents in an attempt to create a false narrative, which he then presented in court as evidence.

Wright's legal action in the U.K., as well as Norway and the U.S., to advance his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto constituted a "most serious abuse" of the court process.

CNBC was unable to obtain a comment from Wright's holding company Tulip Trading when contacted.