Kim dotcom real name
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Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
Kim Dotcom | |
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Dotcom in 2014 | |
| Born | Kim Schmitz (1974-01-21) 21 January 1974 (age 51)[1] Kiel, West Germany |
| Nationality | |
| Other names | Kimble, Kim Tim Jim Vestor |
| Citizenship | New Zealand |
| Education | Middle school |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Megaupload, Mega and K.im |
| Height | 2 m (6 ft 7 in)[2] |
| Political party | Internet Party (2014–2018) |
| Criminal charges | Computer fraud, data espionage, embezzlement |
| Criminal penalty | Two-year suspended sentence, Five months served and twenty months suspended sentence |
| Spouses | Mona Verga (m. 2009; div. 2014)Elizabeth Donnelly (m. 2018) |
| Children | 6 |
| Website | kim.com |
Kim Dotcom (néSchmitz;[3] born 21 January 1974), also known as Kimble[4] and Kim Tim Jim Vestor,[5] is a Finnish-German Internet en
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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is set to be extradited from New Zealand to the U.S., where he faces criminal charges linked to the now-offline file sharing website Megaupload, according to the Reuters news agency.
The latest decision could mark the end of more than 10 years of legal back-and-forth after U.S. authorities shut down Dotcom's website and filed charges of conspiracy, racketeering and money laundering against him and three others. If found guilty, Dotcom could face decades in prison.
New Zealand Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has signed an extradition order for the German-born internet mogul, a spokesperson said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
"I considered all of the information carefully, and have decided that Mr Dotcom should be surrendered to the US to face trial," Goldsmith said, according to the news agency. "As is common practice, I have allowed Mr Dotcom a short period of time to consider and take advice on my decision. I will not, therefore, be commenting further at this stage."
In response to the decision, Dotcom tweeted Thursday, "Oops. Don't worry
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to be extradited to US after losing 12-year legal fight
Kim Dotcom, who founded the globally popular file-sharing site Megaupload, will be extradited to the US from New Zealand.
German-born Dotcom, who has New Zealand residency, has been fighting extradition since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion.
He is charged with copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering.
US authorities say Dotcom - born Kim Schmitz - and three other Megaupload executives cost film studios and record companies more than $500m (£388m) by encouraging paying users to store and share copyrighted material.
This generated more than $175m (£136m) in revenue for the now-defunct website, according to authorities.
In a post on social media website X, Dotcom said: "The obedient US colony in the South Pacific just decided to extradite me for what users uploaded to Megaupload."
He also shared a headline about the extradition, writing: "Oops, don't worry, I have a plan."
New Zealand's justice minister Paul Goldsmith signed the extra
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