Former Megaupload Employees Fight Extradition To US In NZ Supreme Court

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 12: A general view of the Supreme Court on June 12, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand. Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is fighting extradition to the United States along with three of his former colleagues - Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk, and Finn Batat - over the file-sharing website Megaupload. The US Department of Justice has been trying to extradite the men since 2012 on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, and money laundering. An NZ district court permitted the extradition in 2015, leading the defendants to lodge unsuccessful appeals at the High Court and Court of Appeal, prior to this week's Supreme Court appeal. The FBI claims Mr. Dotcom's Megaupload site earned millions of dollars by facilitating illegal file-sharing, however, Dotcom and his co-defendants argue the site simply provided a place for users to store and share large files. Megaupload was once one of the internet’s most popular sites until it was shut down in 2012. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)