Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Bid to Avoid US Extradition

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Now CBS News reports on 'the latest chapter in a protracted 13-year battle by the U.S. government' to extradite Finnish-German millionaire Kim Dotcom from New Zealand:

A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the U.S. on charges related to his file-sharing website Megaupload. Dotcom had asked the High Court to review the legality of an official's August 2024 decision that he should be surrendered to the U.S. to face trial on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering... The Megaupload founder had applied for what in New Zealand is called a judicial review, in which a judge is asked to evaluate whether an official's decision was lawful. A judge on Wednesday dismissed Dotcom's arguments that the decision to deport him was politically motivated and that he would face grossly disproportionate treatment in the U.S...

New Zealand's government hasn't disclosed what will happen next in the extradition process or divulged an expected timeline for Dotcom to be surrendered to the United States
Dotcom 'has been free on bail in New Zealand since February 2012,' the article points out — and 'One of his lawyers, Ron Mansfield, told Radio New Zealand that Dotcom's team had 'much fight left in us as we seek to secure a fair outcome,' but he didn't elaborate...'

The article notes that the latest decision 'could be challenged in the Court of Appeal, where a deadline for filing is October 8.'

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