Court case
United States v. Kim Dotcom et al.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Docket 1:12-cr-00003-LO.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 1:12-cr-00003-LO
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 7
Case record
- Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 1:12-cr-00003-LO
- Status
- Pending as to defendants not extradited; Andrus Nomm resolved by guilty plea; New Zealand extradition litigation continued through [2026] NZCA 284
- Status verified
- August 21, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_us_v_megaupload
The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
What this case entry is.
This entry records a court docket the audit located and checked: the case name, the court, the docket number where one is published, and the status the cited sources establish. It is not a summary of proceedings and it does not stand in for the docket itself.
A case listed here does not establish that anyone named on this page is guilty. Charges are accusations only. Where a cited source records a conviction or a guilty plea, that outcome is attributed to the source and this index asserts nothing beyond it.
Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- Megaupload seizure . Piracy and IP, January 2012
People named in this case
7 people in this index are recorded as named in this case.
- Andrus Nõmm . No alias recorded
- Bram van der Kolk . No alias recorded
- Finn Batato . No alias recorded
- Julius Bencko . No alias recorded
- Kim Dotcom . Also known as: Kim Schmitz
- Mathias Ortmann . No alias recorded
- Sven Echternach . No alias recorded
Sources
3 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2025] NZHC 2634 , Primary source . High Court of New Zealand, September 19, 2025 . https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZHC-2634.pdf
- Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2026] NZCA 284 , Primary source . Court of Appeal of New Zealand, July 1, 2026 . https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2026/2026-NZCA-284.pdf
- Megaupload indictment and seizure announcement , Primary source . US DOJ / USAO EDVA, January 19, 2012 . https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-leaders-megaupload-widespread-online-copyright-infringement