I have seen some threads where people claim that Bitcoin was created by the
FEDs or the US government. Recently, an entrepreneur and investigative journalist, Dave Troy, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI, which is aimed at uncovering information about the identity of Satoshi.
The FBI responded that
"Satoshi could be one or more third-party individuals, and they can neither confirm nor deny their existence. This response simply means that the FBI didn't
confirm or deny the existence of any records related to Satoshi Nakamoto. Unsatisfied with the response Troy is planning to push forward for the release of any information about Satoshi. So he is planning to appeal this scanty response. The agency's inability to give any valuable information about the creator of Bitcoin shows that the identity of Satoshi will continue to be a mystery. I don't know why people are putting so much time and energy to discover Satoshi.