Kim Dotcom, from a 60 Minutes sector that aired in January 2014.
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Kim Dotcom might quickly be sent out over to the United States from New Zealand to stand trial over copyright violations totaling up to an approximated $500 million (approximately ₤377 million or AU$677 million transformed) in addition to scams.
This follows New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled that Dotcom and 3 others can be extradited to the United States over the now defunct file sharing website Megaupload, according to a report by the BBC Wednesday An earlier High Court judgment was likewise in favour of extradition
Dotcom still has another opportunity however, which will depend upon New Zealand’s justice minister, who needs to choose if Dotcom, in addition to 3 others, will be extradited.
The United States has actually been looking for Dotcom’s extradition given that 2012, and the procedure has actually had plenty of pitstops, with the Megaupload creator taking legal action against the New Zealand federal government for $6.8 billion and after that stopping working in his quote to avoid the United States federal government from taking $40 million from his abroad accounts
