News report

# Former Megaupload Executives Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison

TorrentFreak, June 15, 2023. The New Zealand sentencing of Bram van der Kolk to 2 years 6 months and Mathias Ortmann to 2 years 7 months by Justice Sally Fitzgerald in the High Court at Auckland on 15 June 2023, their June 2022 guilty pleas entered under the deal that ended the United States extradition proceedings, and the deferral of the start of both sentences to 1 August 2023..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** June 15, 2023

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** TorrentFreak

**Published:** June 15, 2023

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://torrentfreak.com/former-megaupload-executives-sentenced-to-2-5-years-in-prison-230615/](https://torrentfreak.com/former-megaupload-executives-sentenced-to-2-5-years-in-prison-230615/)

**What it supports:** The New Zealand sentencing of Bram van der Kolk to 2 years 6 months and Mathias Ortmann to 2 years 7 months by Justice Sally Fitzgerald in the High Court at Auckland on 15 June 2023, their June 2022 guilty pleas entered under the deal that ended the United States extradition proceedings, and the deferral of the start of both sentences to 1 August 2023.

**Dataset id:** src\_torrentfreak\_megaupload\_sentencing\_2023

## Research notes

- Byline Andy Maxwell. schema.org datePublished 2023-06-15T13:47:11+00:00; dateModified 2023-06-16.
- This is the source in the pair that carries the sentencing judge and the 1 August 2023 deferred start; the RNZ report of the same day carries neither.

How this source is used

Cited 2 times across 1 record type.

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## Cited by

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Bram van der Kolk](https://takedownindex.org/people/bram-van-der-kolk)

Pleaded guilty, Megaupload seizure

Later outcome
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[Bram van der Kolk](https://takedownindex.org/people/bram-van-der-kolk)

Sentenced, Megaupload seizure

Later outcome

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