by Daily Advertiser — 15 June 2023
Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload have each been sentenced by a New Zealand court to more than two years in prison.
Meanwhile Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, is continuing to fight the US charges and threat of extradition. He has said he expects his former colleagues to testify against him as part of the deal they struck.
US prosecutors say Megaupload earned US$175million from the pirate website.
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FURTHER READING: Credit card fraud is rife on pirate sites, 22 June 2023, Digital Citizens Alliance