Kim Dotcom Ruled Eligable For Extradition

A judge has today ruled Kim Dotcom along with three other defendants should be surrendered to the US.

The decision comes after almost four years of legal wrangling after a dramatic police raid on Dotcom's north Auckland mansion in January 2012.

Dozens of police, including New Zealand's elite anti-terrorism police unit, carried out a dawn raid arresting Dotcom, Fin Batato and Mathias Ortmann.

The other defendant Bram Van der Kolk, who like Dotcom has permanent residency, was arrested at his upmarket Orakei home.

The FBI warrant sought the four on a range of charges relating to the Megaupload business, from criminal copyright violation through to moneylaundering and operating an organised criminal conspiracy.

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