Recently, two of its developers, in order to avoid spending decades in a US prison, received a 2.5-year sentence in New Zealand. All of this as part of a plea deal and where, according to Kim Dotcom, they provided false confessions to use against him.
After eight years, the criminal case against Dotcom In the United States it has come into action again. There are hidden court orders that may see Kim’s bail revoked. In 2012, this controversial figure saw his file hosting empire, Megauploadit was falling apart.
From the point of view of its head, there were many political reasons behind all this. Obviously, the pressure from the entire team also had a lot of influence here. Hollywood film industry. Now, more than twelve years later, the case against Megaupload is still very much alive, all despite the defense presented by its creator.
For their part, Dotcom’s former colleagues at Megaupload, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk, they took advantage of the opportunity to reach an agreement with justice. They escaped nearly a decade in prison, serving just under a year. Recently, Kim claimed that those people were already free. Originally, they were indicted and sentenced to 186 years for the so-called Mega conspiracy. But they got away with 99.5% of the sentence in exchange for false confessions, according to Dotcom.
What will happen to Kim Dotcom and his extradition
Obviously, and after these confessions, once again the controversial character that we mentioned is once again in the spotlight and pointed out as the culprit of everything. Hence, now the government of the United States and its justice system are working for the delivery of him by the New Zealand National Government.
Despite their opposition and defense, the extradition decision will be issued by the North American Government, not by a court. This aggravates the situation for Dotcom, which faces now more than ever the extradition to the United States.
There is no doubt that the Attorney General will try to bring him back to the North American country to clarify what happened at the time. This is something that the accusations of his previous partners have helped more than expected. Despite everything, and as Kim has maintained these last 12 years, he claims that there is a plot in which Joe Biden is involved. It is evident that Dotcom is concerned about the information provided by his former colleagues.
What there is no doubt is that this recent and unexpected movement in the US criminal case., will substantially increase pressure for his extradition as soon as possible. Over the next few weeks we will see how this case, which is once again on the lips of many, evolves.