Since Bitcoin was created in 2009 there were lots of speculations about the founders. There are several versions but no one of them was ever juistified.
A possibility is, Satoshi Nakamoto is only a synonym of a group and the single person "Satoshi" never existed. They gave the name to hide their identity like Bitcoin was designed itself: a private currency sharing no information who the sender and the receiver are - just peer to peer without a middleman - without banks!
On the other hand, this forum was founded by "Satoshi" himself, his account has the user-ID number 3 and you can still read his comments!! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3
His activity ended suddenly in December 2010 and his account never entered the forum again...
Somewhere I read an analysis about his posting activity and the time he did his posts. It is possible that he is from the American time-zone and only choose this asian name to cover his tracks, but it's also possible he's from asia now living on a different continent. There is so much space for interesting hostories and if Bitcoin will be a success history (that's very likely as it's already close to one) there will be much more versions of new details and maybe we'll discover the truth - who knows
Regarding your question: there were several people claiming to be Satoshi or "accused" of being him. I believe this is another try to make some noise.
A possibility is, Satoshi Nakamoto is only a synonym of a group and the single person "Satoshi" never existed. They gave the name to hide their identity like Bitcoin was designed itself: a private currency sharing no information who the sender and the receiver are - just peer to peer without a middleman - without banks!
On the other hand, this forum was founded by "Satoshi" himself, his account has the user-ID number 3 and you can still read his comments!! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3
His activity ended suddenly in December 2010 and his account never entered the forum again...
Somewhere I read an analysis about his posting activity and the time he did his posts. It is possible that he is from the American time-zone and only choose this asian name to cover his tracks, but it's also possible he's from asia now living on a different continent. There is so much space for interesting hostories and if Bitcoin will be a success history (that's very likely as it's already close to one) there will be much more versions of new details and maybe we'll discover the truth - who knows
Regarding your question: there were several people claiming to be Satoshi or "accused" of being him. I believe this is another try to make some noise.
This is the truth, if people really think about it, Satoshi Nakamoto is not a single person. It is a group. Most likely, this group has lost the private keys of Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet, and they have set a goal of finding those keys. Most cryptographer and hacker cryptographers are Satoshi. They all fight for the same goal, crack the code.
As of today, they haven't succeeded. The reward for the one that succeeds is.... A lot of money. It's definitely worth the adventure.
All of the cryptographers are already rich to the point they never have to work again, and if they had to, their salary would definitely be a 6 digits if not a 7... Think about it, they rule the corporate world.