The hacking scheme drew news headlines in Connecticut earlier this year when two men with apparent ties to the Venezuelan crime syndicate were accused of hitting an ATM in Norwich.

Both Mr. Back and Satoshi were involved with the Cypherpunks, a group of anarchists formed in the early 1990s who wanted to ...

Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto ...