Kim Dotcom accuses New Zealand government under completed. n hat to have played with the FBI. New Zealand would Dotcom have a residence permit given that he easier would be extradited to the United States.
It was Dotcom himself who submitted a request for a residence permit on the basis of a law that makes it possible for wealthy investors to the country. The application was submitted in June 2010; mid-October, only the process. That happened because of an extensive examination of the internetmiljonair, due to its poor image. Dotcom has in the past been convicted for fraud and hacking.
In the study, which was conducted by the New Zealand security service, SIS, came the research of the FBI to Megaupload to above. Nevertheless, given Dotcom and his family a residence permit. That happened after Dotcom had indicated that if the residence permit on 1 november, and within would be, he would settle in Switzerland or hong Kong, where he at that time lived. May have found the United States less attractive, because that Dotcom perhaps less likely would be a delay. On October 31, 2010, a Sunday, the application was approved.
In January 2012, over a year after the request was approved, it fell to the New Zealand police together with the FBI, the villa of Dotcom. That happened because he and his site, Megaupload, on a large scale would earn in copyright infringement. Also a Dutch programmer was arrested. The United States hoped that Dotcom quickly extradited might be, but New Zealand judges were until now been critical of the case. The uitleveringszaak has been delayed until later this year and in the meantime, have Dotcom and his employees to a new site: Mega.