New Zealand has no plans to file charges against MegaUpload
A New Zealand court ordered detention for the founder of Internet portal downloads Megaupload, Kim Schmitz, claimed by the United States where he has been accused of 'piracy' computers and money laundering.
New Zealand police described his entry into the Schmitz house, dubbed 'DotcomMansion' ('Dotcom Mansion', which copies its alias) and seized several luxury cars, including a classic pink Cadillac and a Rolls Royce Phantom 1959, and "a weapon appeared to be a shortened," reports AFP.
According to Inspector Grant Wormald, Megaupload creator tried to take refuge in a safe when the police arrived.
"Mr. 'Dotcom' entered his house and tried to shut activating a number of electronic devices," he said. "Once neutralized by the police codes, barricaded himself inside a room acoradaza." Once the officers arrived he found "near" a weapon that looked like a shotgun. "It was more complicated than knocking on the door," said the inspector ..
In preventive detention
Judge David McNaughton, District Court of North Shore in Auckland, ruled thatSchmitz and three other company executives were also arrested, permanecezcan in prison until failure occurs to his request for bail bond at the hearing fixed for next Monday, the agency APNZ Zealand.
Together with the German Schmitz, also known as Kim 'Dotcom', have also beenremanded in custody directors of the same nationality Finn Batata and Mathias Ortmann and the Dutch, Bram van der Kolk.
They were arrested in various police operations carried out in Auckland in responseto a request made by the U.S. authorities have requested the extradition of the three German and Dutch.
Authorities closed U.S. portal considering the Megaupload download That part of "a criminal organization responsible for a Vast Network of" piracy "global computer" thathave caused, According To the order, more than $ 500 Million in Losses to infringeupon the copyrights of companies .
'Nothing to hide'
At the beginning of the hearing, the judge answered the request by the media tophotograph the defendants, even though the attorney defends the founder of Megaupload opposed it, it was reported in New Zealand.
But after Schmitz, who has New Zealand residence to as der Kolk, said at the hearing that could take pictures of them because "we have nothing to hide."
"All those detained have been charged in United States will continue to work with U.S. authorities to assist them in the extradition proceedings," he said at a press conference Detective Grant Wormald, Agency and Financial Crimes Organized Crime.
Confiscated property
New Zealand Police has reported that detainees and seized the company, goodsvalued at about $ 4.8 million (3.7 million euros) and approximately $ 8 million (6.2million) deposited in accounts opened in different banks in New Zealand.
However, the New Zealand authorities have no plans to file formal charges agains tMegaupload although considered to have admitted that the company has also violated intellectual property laws of this country.
U.S. officials believe that through the portal MegaUpload, which has about 150 millionregistered users, and other associated pages, earning some $ 175 million.
Besides the four arrests in New Zealand, there have been raids in the U.S. and nine other countries, including Holland and Canadá.res.
In response to the closure of MegaUpload, the group Anonymous temporarily blocked the website of the Department of Justice, the producer of Universal Music and theMotion Picture Association of America, among others.
yeah this guy was the world's biggest problem. if one is arrested, two more will rise up on the next day :) funny but that's the way it is..
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