You probably could have just lured him out with a cheeseburger

Was this a satire article?

/I have read a bit about this but....???????

Ha, Mr. Dotcom doesn't even sleep in the same room as his wife. I guess even with his money, the trophy wife still wouldn't share a room with his fat ass.

What ever happened to ringing the bell and asking the person with a warrant to step outside?

I think they mean a circular power saw like this.goes to saw in question? (new window) Probaly with a different type of saw attachment.

Has anybody seen the b that wandered away from my previous statement?

Weaver95: all this over a bit torrent tracker site. not drugs. not terrorism. Bit torrent file trackers.

that's f*cked up.

Hollywood Suits: The Spice revenue must flow!

obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

I sorta feel bad for him on this whole SWAT thing, but after skimming the indictment, he knew full well that what he was doing was illegal.

obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

I feel sorry for the kids and the hired help. this dude knew what he was in.

Scruffinator: obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

I sorta feel bad for him on this whole SWAT thing, but after skimming the indictment, he knew full well that what he was doing was illegal.

If you read the guy's history it was one giant tale of fraud, lying to investors, and farking around with stock prices. Hell he's in New Zealand due to his criminal record in Germany. I figure the real reason the FBI put so many resources on him were the money related crimes. File sharing just happens to be the easiest to score a conviction on.

As for the SWAT Team, the guy giving the video tour is the head of the man's security detail. New Zealand fuzz likely heard the words "private security detail" and went overboard.

Weaver95: all this over a bit torrent tracker site. not drugs. not terrorism. Bit torrent file trackers.

that's f*cked up.

Any excuse for them to dress up and play army.

Story useless without pics of Filipino nannies.

I don't like Kim Dotcom one bit. What he did with Mega Upload is bad enough, but his past isn't exactly great either.

But the way they apprehended him was ridiculous. I may not like the guy but there is no justification for that amount of force. If they had evidence to suggest that the guy had a team of heavily trained mercenaries with him in his mansion who were paid to kill any intruders I'd understand. But I think we all know that if they had such evidence they'd have made it public to further criminalise him.

/For shame NZ police, you really went over the top with this one.

Who is he and what did he allegedly do?

Weaver95: And yet this guy got the treatment usually reserved for major weight

Have you seen him? He qualifies as "major weight".

Sample art from the nannies' room.

But yeah, I agree, this raid seems way over the top, minority reportish.

meh

Do illegal shiat and get treated like a criminal.

Weapons
Security guards
Sophisticated security system
Coded doors
Safe room
Panic buttons

I'd say they responded with an appropriate level of force.

9beers: Weapons
Security guards
Sophisticated security system
Coded doors
Safe room
Panic buttons

I'd say they responded with an appropriate level of force.

This!!!!

lokisbong: Has anybody seen the b that wandered away from my previous statement?

Here. b

fark, he is the guy who made megaupload. Dam i love that site. I don't understand what happened after/at end of the raid? and what happened to him now?

Couldn't they wait until he drove away somewhere?

If a single cop had approached the house and tried to arrest Mr. Dotcom all of you claiming this was heavy-handed would have egg on your faces.

Dead Cop. Guaranteed.

/Kim was a blood thirsty buccaneer.

you've reached the end of the internet, please make your way to that bunker and await further instructions.

ha-ha-guy: Scruffinator: obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

I sorta feel bad for him on this whole SWAT thing, but after skimming the indictment, he knew full well that what he was doing was illegal.

If you read the guy's history it was one giant tale of fraud, lying to investors, and farking around with stock prices. Hell he's in New Zealand due to his criminal record in Germany. I figure the real reason the FBI put so many resources on him were the money related crimes. File sharing just happens to be the easiest to score a conviction on.

As for the SWAT Team, the guy giving the video tour is the head of the man's security detail. New Zealand fuzz likely heard the words "private security detail" and went overboard.

There's also that since the guy giving the video tour is the head of the man's security detail, I'd be willing to bet that the whole thing is very one sided in an attempt to make the cops look like the bad guys.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: ha-ha-guy: Scruffinator: obeymatt: The internet keeps telling me to feel sorry for this guy, but I don't.

I sorta feel bad for him on this whole SWAT thing, but after skimming the indictment, he knew full well that what he was doing was illegal.

If you read the guy's history it was one giant tale of fraud, lying to investors, and farking around with stock prices. Hell he's in New Zealand due to his criminal record in Germany. I figure the real reason the FBI put so many resources on him were the money related crimes. File sharing just happens to be the easiest to score a conviction on.

As for the SWAT Team, the guy giving the video tour is the head of the man's security detail. New Zealand fuzz likely heard the words "private security detail" and went overboard.

There's also that since the guy giving the video tour is the head of the man's security detail, I'd be willing to bet that the whole thing is very one sided in an attempt to make the cops look like the bad guys.

Honestly, when I first heard about this MU stuff, I was on his side. That was before I looked into the man.

I'd never heard of the guy and still don't really understand all the details.. but megaupload was the best file-hosting site and it sucks ass that it was shut down. I don't understand why it was targeted when pretty much all file-hosts have pirated content on them..

Farking ridiculous.

It'll get to the point where people will pirate stuff just to screw with the execu-scum running the movie and music companies

Wow. Fark all you Farkers who are defending this shiat. I hope the military "disappears" you in the middle of the night under the NDAA.


/first they came for the internet pirates, and I didn't speak out...

Smagma: I'd never heard of the guy and still don't really understand all the details.. but megaupload was the best file-hosting site and it sucks ass that it was shut down. I don't understand why it was targeted when pretty much all file-hosts have pirated content on them..

Take five seconds to go read his wikipedia page. Namely Section 2, Insider Trading and Embezzlement. Also mentioned down in the other activities is the fact he was running Trendax, an investment company, without the proper permits. Oh and the fake names on some of his Hong Kong holdings.

The DoJ is indicating he was back to the same tricks with Megaupload and that is why they want him. The file sharing is just icing on the cake, more insider trading and fraud is why the DoJ wants him.

Marcus Aurelius: When you have a SWAT team, you have to use them, otherwise why have a SWAT team? You just know there's a quota for using the SWAT team just like there's a quota for parking tickets. The commander looks at the calls for the month and says, hey, we haven't used the SWAT team yet this month. So they use them for the next warrant that comes in, whether it's called for or not.

Gotta make those numbers, people! A good example of why applying the same incentive systems used by the Avon Ladies to law enforcement might not have been the best idea.

I'd only add that the more often they use the SWAT team, the more money they can ask from state and federal officials for its maintenance.

ha-ha-guy: Smagma: I'd never heard of the guy and still don't really understand all the details.. but megaupload was the best file-hosting site and it sucks ass that it was shut down. I don't understand why it was targeted when pretty much all file-hosts have pirated content on them..

Take five seconds to go read his wikipedia page. Namely Section 2, Insider Trading and Embezzlement. Also mentioned down in the other activities is the fact he was running Trendax, an investment company, without the proper permits. Oh and the fake names on some of his Hong Kong holdings.

The DoJ is indicating he was back to the same tricks with Megaupload and that is why they want him. The file sharing is just icing on the cake, more insider trading and fraud is why the DoJ wants him.

Kind of an odd reason to go after him when there's so much of that going on in New York which they've not just refused to do anything about, but actively pretended was something else, even in the face of state AG lawsuits. And when was the last time a SWAT team was used to serve an insider trading and fraud warrant?