News report # Two Megaupload executives sentenced to jail Radio New Zealand (RNZ), June 15, 2023. The New Zealand disposal of the Megaupload case against Bram van der Kolk: that he and Mathias Ortmann were sentenced in the High Court in Auckland on 15 June 2023, van der Kolk to two years and six months and Ortmann to two years and seven months; that they had previously pleaded guilty to charges including participating in a criminal group, causing loss by deception and conspiring to dishonestly obtain documents; and that they had struck a deal to face charges in New Zealand in return for the United States dropping its extradition case against them.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** June 15, 2023 **Research grade:** S1 **Used in entries:** 2 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** Radio New Zealand (RNZ) **Published:** June 15, 2023 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/492059/two-megaupload-executives-sentenced-to-jail](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/492059/two-megaupload-executives-sentenced-to-jail) **What it supports:** The New Zealand disposal of the Megaupload case against Bram van der Kolk: that he and Mathias Ortmann were sentenced in the High Court in Auckland on 15 June 2023, van der Kolk to two years and six months and Ortmann to two years and seven months; that they had previously pleaded guilty to charges including participating in a criminal group, causing loss by deception and conspiring to dishonestly obtain documents; and that they had struck a deal to face charges in New Zealand in return for the United States dropping its extradition case against them. **Dataset id:** src\_rnz\_megaupload\_sentencing\_2023 ## Research notes - The page timestamps the story '15 June 2023, 7:51pm' (NZST) and files it under News / Science and technology. - The article does not name the sentencing judge and does not mention a deferred start of sentence, so it does not by itself support the 'Justice Sally Fitzgerald' or '1 August 2023' elements of the citing person\_action. - It dates the plea deal announcement to 'May last year' (May 2022) via a statement from the pair's solicitor, which is not the same as the June 2022 guilty plea date asserted in the citing record's continuity note. How this source is used Cited 2 times across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Legal actions against people 2 citations Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Bram van der Kolk](https://takedownindex.org/people/bram-van-der-kolk) Pleaded guilty, Megaupload seizure Later outcome - [Bram van der Kolk](https://takedownindex.org/people/bram-van-der-kolk) Sentenced, Megaupload seizure Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)