Finn Batato
No alias recorded
Arrested
Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026
Index entry last updated August 21, 2026
Alleged megaupload executive.
Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.
- Named co-defendant in the Megaupload indictment; arrested with Kim Dotcom in New Zealand.
Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.
This entry records 1 action across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.
Legal summary
- Associated takedowns
- Megaupload seizure
- Recorded role
- Megaupload executive
- Group segment
- Core operator
- Charging authority
- Not recorded
- Charging jurisdiction
- Not recorded
- Case number
- Not published
- Latest recorded action
- Arrested, January 2012
- Nationality
- Germany
- Country of residence
- New Zealand
Legal history
Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.
These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.
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January 20, 2012
Arrested by New Zealand Police in Auckland, New Zealand. Arrested alongside Kim Dotcom in the coordinated New Zealand raid.