Kim Dotcom Loses Latest Battle To Recover Seized Assets (cnet.com)

The Justice Department wants to keep Kim Dotcom's millions of dollars worth of seized assets, citing the Megaupload founder's fugitive status. The department filed a brief on Friday, which cited his fugitive status as well as a lack of evidence supporting claims that poor health was preventing him from entering the U.S. CNET reports: Dotcom has been in the news since 2012, when the FBI and the US Department of Justice shut down file-sharing site Megaupload and charged the site's operators with the piracy-related offenses. The U.S. government also seized $42 million in assets. Dotcom, alongside Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, are wanted for trial in the U.S. on 13 counts, including copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud. In February, the New Zealand High Court found that Dotcom, a New Zealand resident, and his co-accused were eligible for extradition to the United States.

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The headline is not consistent with the article.

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A "brief" being filed doesn't necessarily mean that a judge swung his gavel. Geez! This is a total fail on the ./ editor's part.
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Kim Dotcom isn't a US citizen and has been going to all his NZ court dates. Hardly what I'd call a fugitive.