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Two men yesterday pleaded guilty in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating Web site Megaupload, as part of a deal they struck to avoid extradition to the US. The pleas by Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk at the Auckland High Court ended their 10-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the US on charges that included racketeering. Those charges would be dropped under a deal with prosecutors from both countries after the pair pleaded guilty to being par...

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A former Megaupload employee caught up in the world's biggest copyright case has reportedly died. 
Finn Batato, 48, whose long battle with terminal cancer

Following the civil lawsuits against Megaupload in the US, the criminal case has been reassigned to a new judge as well.

The Megaupload pair who have done a deal to stop their extradition to the United States face charges of conspiring as part of an organised criminal group

Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their involvement in the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload said Tuesday they have reached a deal that will see them avoid being extradited to the U.S. in exchange for facing charges in New Zealand. The deal by former Megaupload officers Mathias Ortmann…

Bram van der Kolk and Mathias Ortmann have done a deal which will see them face charges in New Zealand.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mega Limited notes that Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk have issued the following personal statement: Press Statement by Mathias

Two men charged by US prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their involvement in the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload said Tuesday they have reached a deal that will see them avoid being extradited to the US in exchange for facing charges in New Zealand.