I bet there is a >50% he is lying. Charles is the Craig Wright of ETH world....he used to pretend he was in special forces before people busted him. Like Craig, he likes to LARP that he is constantly involved in super-secret gov programs...I remember seeing something years ago that people were pointing out he would talk about "seeing CCR in the 70s" implying he was much older than he actually is.... (CCR = Credence Clearwater Revival)