He earns 115 thousand usd per day, Kim Dotcom will be extradited to the USA, the 12-year fight with American justice

2024-08-19 11:21:52Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
He earns 115 thousand usd per day, Kim Dotcom will be extradited to the USA, the
Kim Dotcom

He fought hard against his extradition for 12 years, but has lost the battles. On Thursday, New Zealand Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith signed an extradition warrant for Internet mogul Kim Dotcom. His deportation to the US appears certain.

Germany faces 20 years in prison in the US for copyright infringement. "I love New Zealand. I'm not leaving," wrote Dotcom on the "X" platform after the order.

Kim Schmitz – the real name of native Dotcom – founded the online platform Megaupload in Hong Kong in March 2005. This made it possible to download files (movies, music) that other users had previously uploaded. 150 million people have registered on its platform.

According to the FBI, the German is said to have earned around $115,000 (€104,134) every day from 2010 onwards. In 2010 he moved to a luxury property in New Zealand. An incredible rise for the former high school student, who tried to make money early on with shady Internet businesses and was sentenced to probation for fraud for the first time in 1994.

On January 19, 2012, the bubble burst: Megaupload was shut down by the FBI and charges were filed against Kim Dotcom, including conspiracy to form a criminal organization and copyright infringement.

Megaupload was planned from the beginning as a gigantic instrument of fraud, and the founders promoted copyright infringement.

Dotcom defended himself: He could not be held responsible for the fact that users of the platform acted illegally and shared copyrighted material.

This argument did not convince the authorities. Kim Dotcom was arrested but released shortly after. Since then, he has been fighting in court against his extradition to the United States. Dotcom also does not want to accept the current decision. His lawyer said efforts are underway to take the case to New Zealand's High Court.

If that doesn't work, one thing is clear: the authorities in the US won't take it as lightly as New Zealand. The FBI has been waiting since 2012 to finally bring Kim Dotcom to justice.


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