Comment on Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
As well as copyright infringement, Dotcom faces more serious charges, including money laundering and racketeering. He has long argued that he should not be held liable for copyright infringement carried out using his site
Ok… so what about that money laundering and racketeering, once again?
Really not sure how to feel about this. The copyright infringement damage claims are bonkers, but this guy is not exactly an upstanding citizen either. He already got some jail time in the 90s, fled to NZ, changed his name to a joke, and has been involved in random shady stuff over the last decade.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
TBH if the state was violently attacking me for sharing files, I might try to hide the money too.
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Maybe… but before sharing files, his priors include selling stolen phone numbers, some shady stock manipulation, an embezzlement sentence, running an illegal hedge fund, and other shenanigans.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom