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](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/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](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrus-nomm). No alias recorded - [Bram van der Kolk](https://takedownindex.org/people/bram-van-der-kolk). No alias recorded - [Finn Batato](https://takedownindex.org/people/finn-batato). No alias recorded - [Julius Bencko](https://takedownindex.org/people/julius-bencko). No alias recorded - [Kim Dotcom](https://takedownindex.org/people/kim-dotcom). Also known as: Kim Schmitz - [Mathias Ortmann](https://takedownindex.org/people/mathias-ortmann). No alias recorded - [Sven Echternach](https://takedownindex.org/people/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](https://takedownindex.org/sources/high-court-of-new-zealand-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](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2025/2025-NZHC-2634.pdf) - [Dotcom v Minister of Justice [2026] NZCA 284](https://takedownindex.org/sources/court-of-appeal-of-new-zealand-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](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases/2026/2026-NZCA-284.pdf) - [Megaupload indictment and seizure announcement](https://takedownindex.org/sources/us-doj-usao-edva-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](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-leaders-megaupload-widespread-online-copyright-infringement) [All court cases](https://takedownindex.org/cases)