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2 men who helped run popular pirating website Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand (apnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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U.S. prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies -— before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I can't actually find what these guys were actually guilty of. All media is sharing the same story that they pled guilty to something, and the charges "could have included racketeering if they were extradited to the US", but they apparently weren't.

AFAIK the whole story was that they specifically started Megaupload in NZ because it was not a crime there, yet the FBI raided their place in a foreign country. If I was a Kiwi, I'd be up in arms about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Membership in a criminal organization and several conspiracy charges

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