July 01, 2026
Kim Dotcom lost his latest appeal on Wednesday to avoid extradition to the United States, where he is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload that he founded.
German-born Dotcom, who has New Zealand residency, has been fighting extradition to the United States since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion.
Dotcom, who is on bail, was appealing a 2024 decision by New Zealand that he be extradited to the US. He was 50 that year.
New Zealand's Court of Appeal found on Wednesday there was no legal basis to block his extradition to the US, according to a copy of the judgment.
