Kim Dotcom fails with appeal against extradition in the United States

In the fight against his extradition to the United States, German Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who lives in New Zealand, suffered a setback. The Supreme Court of Appeals Capital Wellington has upheld two judgments. According to him, a delivery of 44 years and three of his colleagues would be justified on the basis of the evidence.

The legal dispute of more than six years has not yet ended. Against the new decision, Dotcom's team of lawyers now wants to appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court.

Born in Kiel and living in New Zealand since 2010, Kim Schmitz has been fighting extradition since 2012. US prosecutors accuse the founder of the Megaupload Internet Exchange Platform and his colleagues, among others, large scale fraud and money laundering.

"Three different legal interpretations"

In February 2017, a New Zealand court The United States may be delivered – not for copyright infringement, but for fraud. When he is tried in the United States, he faces several decades of crime.

"We have now heard three different legal interpretations of three different courts," criticized Dotcom's lawyer, Ira Rothken. "One of them was convinced that there was no violation of the copyright." Rothken was therefore confident to win the lawsuit at the end.

With Megaupload, Dotcom and its partners raised millions in advertising and customer subscriptions. According to court records, Megaupload ranks tenth as the most popular site – and caused 4% of Internet traffic.

Investigators blame Dotcom for bringing in half a billion dollars in revenue to the film and music industry. His attorneys contend that Megaupload was an ISP and was not legally responsible for the files uploaded by the clients.