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Kim Dotcom Raid - What Really Happened

Posted by samzenpus on from the super-serious dept.

chill writes "People have been discussing the raid on the Dotcom mansion for months, but now more details and video footage of that morning have begun to emerge from the trial. From the article: 'At 6.46am on January 20, the raid was underway. The helicopter carrying members of the elite special tactics group flew into the Coatesville home of Dotcom. "Ground units, Gates are open," someone says into the radio. Dotcom's pregnant wife their three children, some guests and about a dozen staff were also there. All is quiet below. Within seconds four armed members of the special tactics group ran towards the main door. The helicopter immediately took off. The main justification for using it at all was that Dotcom's security staff could have stopped police vehicles at the gates. But as the chopper flew out, ground forces were already arriving just seconds behind.'"

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  1. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle by Spy+Handler · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Madoff surrendered himself to police, so there was no need for this kind of muscle. Kim Dotcom barricaded himself in his bunker under his mansion, and is known for flaunting his gun collection (highly unusual in NZ).

    But who really robbed people for tens of millions?

    You're right, Dotcom only robbed people of millions, not tens of millions - insider trading and embezzlement

  2. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle by kiwimate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Clearly you lack reading comprehension skills

    Really? How so. Please point out what AC got wrong.

    Kim Dotcom was already charged, convicted, and punished of crimes. There is no need to punish someone again

    Until they do something else that's naughty.

    The AC to whom you replied pointed out that Kim Dotcom had a collection of guns, he liked to show them off, and this is unusual in NZ. That is all true. If you have a gun collection in NZ, you're out there.

    Add to the fact the guy had a head of security. This is New Zealand, a sleepy, bucolic country of four million people and 70 million sheep. The Mongrel Mob has security; business men do not.

    Slashdotters are usually very suspicious of anyone suspected of involvement in financial dealing. Shall we point out Dotcom tried to start a hedge fund (failed because, small problem, he didn't have a license)?

    Read up on his background. Really read up on it. The guy is larger than life and revels in it. He has delighted in sticking up his middle finger to the law in multiple countries. He's run people off of roads. He paid people to upload popular movies (forget "information wants to be free" - he bought pirated movies so he could resell them).

    His conviction wasn't a one-off; he gets into trouble, goes to court, then runs off to another country. Germany, Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand. Hong Kong authorities have stated he deliberately tried to stymie their investigations.

    You comment he was waiting for the police, but neglect to mention the fact he was waiting for them with a shotgun in his hands.

    He had more than 30 credit cards in different names and three different passports.

    He bought stock in a website with little value, pumped it up, and then dumped the stock, leaving investors broke.

    What more do you want? The guy is addicted to trouble.