The extradition hearing of Kim Dotcom has started in New Zealand, the US are attempting to extradite Dotcom and three of his colleagues for alleged copyright infringement.
The US are also try to extradite him for money laundering an racketeering, the case first began back in 2012 when dotcom’s home was raided and his business, Mega Upload was closed down.
Dotcom has been fighting the extradition since his arrest, the US are alleging that his site caused movie studios to lose around $500 million, although Kim Dotcom has always professed his innocence.
The case is expected to last a few weeks and we are very interested to see what the outcome is, he has already managed to win a number of battles in his case and recently managed to get his New Zealand assets returned to him, his assets were original seized back in 2012.
Source BBC
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