The Court of Appeal upholds Kim Dotcom's extradition decision in the United States

Kim Dotcom's legal team will bring his fight against extradition to the Supreme Court

The Court of Appeals upheld the extradition decision of the tycoon. Internet to the United States to deal with criminal charges.

Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato can also be extradited, ruled the court.

Dotcom's attorney, Ira Rothken, stated that he was disappointed with the decision of the Court of Appeal

. a different legal analysis – one of which thought that there was no violation of copyright.

"We will seek a review at the New Zealand Supreme Court."

A US grand jury indicted the group on February 6, 2012. The now-missing Megaupload site, allegedly sharing pirated movies and other media, called "Mega Conspiracy" after several companies would have facilitated, encouraged and profited from massive and massive copyright infringement.

The United States has requested the extradition of men since then.

The group lost its case in North Shore District Court in 2015 and has now lost appeals to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court and Court of Appeal

The group may seek leave to appeal the judgment of the court of appeal to the Supreme Court.

If that fails, the final decision to extradite Dotcom and other men The judges of the court of appeal, Stephen Kos, Christine French and Forrie Miller, concluded that the United States had access the extradition routes to which they were entitled and that they had "presented sufficient evidence to support their arguments on these routes".

At the hearing of the Court of Appeal in February, the lawyers for Dotcom and its associates argued that the judicial process was tainted with irregularities and that the charges did not result in any wrongdoing. were not valid under the law of extradition

. Illegal espionage by the Government Communications Security Office when requesting a warrant for arrest.

In an FBI-controlled raid in 2012, police used the Special Anti-Terrorist Tactical Group in a helicopter assault on the former Dotcom mansion. The charges brought by Dotcom and the group are: racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy for copyright infringement and money laundering and copyright infringement.

Dotcom also attempted this year to serve former US President Barack Obama. a subpoena and compelled to testify in a New Zealand court about a claim for damages for the Internet site continuously

Obama was in the country for three days

Dotcom argued that & # 39; Obama could testify directly about him. pursuit, the purpose of the US lawsuit against him and his relations with the New Zealand authorities.

Last year, the police reportedly paid Dotcom a su In a tweet sent over the last day, Dotcom said its "global legal team," consisting of 20 New Zealand lawyers, United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Germany, a

He also tweeted yesterday that he had spent 165 days in court – and $ 40 million in court costs.