Kim Dotcom, roguish face of 2010s online piracy, will finally be extradited to the US

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August 15, 2024, 5:20 PM

• •Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder, has been extradited to the US to face charges.
• •The decision came more than six years after a New Zealand court ruled Dotcom could be extradited to the US.
• •Dotcom has had several brushes with the law in the past, including being accused of insider trading in Germany.

Kim Dotcom, the Megaupload founder and hard-partying face of early 2010s online piracy, is finally headed to the US. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith signed the extradition order on Thursday and followed standard practice in giving Dotcom “a short period of time to consider and take advice” on his decision. Dotcom, never one to mince words, posted a message on X that “the obedient US colony in the South Pacific just decided to extradite me for what users uploaded to Megaupload.”

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