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'''Kim Dotcom''' ([[né]] '''Schmitz''';<ref name="name">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/technology/the-avish-life-of-file-sharing-kingpin-kim-dotcom/story-e6frfrnr-1226250461590 |title=The lavish life of file-sharing kingpin Kim Dotcom |work=news.com.au |date=22 January 2012 |access-date=23 January 2012 |archive-date=5 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005151418/http://www.news.com.au/technology/the-avish-life-of-file-sharing-kingpin-kim-dotcom/story-e6frfrnr-1226250461590 |url-status=dead }}</ref> born 21 January 1974), also known as '''Kimble'''<ref name="Kimble">{{cite journal |last=Schmidt |first=Karsten |date=23 January 2002 |title=Kimble bleibt stumm |trans-title=Kimble remains silent |language=de |journal=Manager Magazin |url=http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/karriere/0,2828,178712,00.html |access-date=27 February 2012 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214001745/http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/karriere/0,2828,178712,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and '''Kim Tim Jim Vestor''',<ref name="WTKTJV">{{cite news |title=US Internet piracy case brings New Zealand arrests |first1=Matthew |last1=Barakat |first2=Nick |last2=Perry |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/20/us-internet-piracy-case-brings-new-zealand-arrests/?page=all#pagebreak |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=27 February 2012 |archive-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428012913/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/20/us-internet-piracy-case-brings-new-zealand-arrests/?page=all#pagebreak |url-status=live }}</ref> is a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist who lives in [[Glenorchy, New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jamieson |first=Debbie |date=10 July 2022 |title=Dotcoms looking for nanny, chef and housekeeper at their $15m home |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/129222529/dotcoms-looking-for-nanny-chef-and-housekeeper-at-their-15m-home |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010082125/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/129222529/dotcoms-looking-for-nanny-chef-and-housekeeper-at-their-15m-home |url-status=live }}</ref>
He rose to fame in Germany in the 1990s as a [[hacker]] and an Internet entrepreneur.<ref name=":5" /> He was arrested in 1994 for [[Smuggling|trafficking]] in stolen phone calling card numbers. He was convicted on eleven charges of [[computer fraud]], ten charges of [[Cyber spying|data espionage]] and various other charges in 1998 for which he served a two-year [[suspended sentence]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Gallagher |first=Sean |title=The Fast, Fabulous, Allegedly Fraudulent Life of Megaupload's Kim Dotcom |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/01/kim-dotcom/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |issn=1059-1028 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112142/https://www.wired.com/2012/01/kim-dotcom/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2003, he was [[deported]] from Thailand to Germany, where he pleaded guilty to [[embezzlement]] in November 2003 and after five months in jail awaiting trial he received another 20 months
Dotcom is the founder and former [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the defunct [[file-hosting service]] [[Megaupload]] (2005–2012).<ref name="investigate">{{cite web |url=http://www.florianpoullin.fr/sites/florianpoullin.fr/files/investigate.pdf |title=Merry Chrischmitz or Merry Hell? |last1=Wishart |first1=Ian |date=April 2010 |work=[[Investigate (magazine)|Investigate]] |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121093623/http://www.florianpoullin.fr/sites/florianpoullin.fr/files/investigate.pdf |url-status=live }}
In 2017, a New Zealand court ruled that Dotcom could be extradited to the US on fraud charges related to Megaupload. Dotcom denied any wrongdoing and has accused US authorities of pursuing a vendetta against him on behalf of politically influential Hollywood studios.<ref name="Eleanor Ainge Roy">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/kim-dotcom-eligible-for-extradition-to-us-new-zealand-high-court-rules |title=Kim Dotcom extradition to US can go ahead, New Zealand high court rules |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 February 2017 |author=Eleanor Ainge Roy |access-date=23 April 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409021923/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/kim-dotcom-eligible-for-extradition-to-us-new-zealand-high-court-rules |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the [[New Zealand Court of Appeal]] upheld the lower court's ruling. Dotcom appealed to the [[Supreme Court of New Zealand]], which ruled in 2020 that Dotcom could be extradited to the United States, but that he could challenge the decision through [[judicial review]].<ref name=":0" /> His extradition order was eventually signed on 15 August 2024.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last1=Aikman |first1=Ian |title=Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to the US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y363lw204o |date=15 August 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816004911/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y363lw204o|archive-date=16 August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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