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March 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda New Zealand authorities announced they made a procedural mistake before taking the property of Kim Dotcom, the founder of MegaUpload. He may now be able to reclaim $17.8 million of his seized assets and $6.8 million in frozen cash.
Those assets were seized with the wrong kind of court order, according to the New Zealand Herald. A judge presiding over the case declared the order used in the seizure “null and void,” having “no legal effect.”
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Police attempted to switch to the correct form of court order after they seized Dotcom‘s assets. The new order was granted on a temporary basis, but a judge will decide shortly whether the mix-up means Dotcom can reclaim his property.
Dotcom was arrested at his Auckland, New Zealand mansion in January on a request from the U.S. Government. He was wanted by the Department of Justice under suspicion of running the “Mega Conspiracy, a worldwide criminal organization whose members engaged in criminal copyright infringement and money laundering on a massive scale.”
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The U.S. has asked New Zealand to extradite Dotcom so he may stand trial for digital piracy in American courts. He’s been charged with participating in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dotcom has brushed off those claims as “nonsense,” instead claiming that Megaupload offered “online storage and bandwidth” to users, not a means to transfer pirated goods and content.
Much to the chagrin of users who use MegaUpload to store legitimately owned data, the fate of the website’s servers remains unclear.
Dotcom was released on bail last month, despite arguments from the U.S. that he might flee New Zealand for a country less likely to hand him over to American authorities. His extradition hearing is scheduled for August.
BONUS: The Strange and Epic Lifestyle of Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom
1. MegaRacer Domination Ends
Until recently, Kim Dotcom was the top Modern Warfare 3 player in the world. He even apparently posted a video to prove it. We imagine it’s tough to maintain such a coveted position while being held in jail for multiple copyright violations.
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This story originally published on Mashable here.
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