Kim Dotcom, the mastermind behind banned file-sharing site Megaupload, will be extradited from New Zealand to the US to face trial — as he defiantly responded “I’m not leaving.”since 2012 for allegedly founding the illegal download site — was ordered by Kiwi Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith to be turned over to American authorities.Kim Dotcom has been ordered to be extradited to the US from New Zealand 12 years since he began fighting his removal.“I love New Zealand.
‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive Antonio ‘El Diablo’ Riano captured while working as a police officer in Mexico 20 years after Ohio murderMigrant gangbanger extradited to Maryland to face murder charges in Rachel Morin’s slaying The hugely popular site — founded by Dotcom in 2005 — raked in over $175 million, primarily from people illegally downloading songs, TV shows and movies, the feds allege. And the alleged wide-scale digital theft cost film studios and record companies some $500 million, American officials claim.
The internet entrepreneur was arrested in Auckland in 2012 during a police raid of his mansion. He was held in jail for a month before he was released on bail. He and his co-defendants have been fighting extradition since, taking their case all the way to New Zealand’s Court of Appeals.