Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom loses latest bid to avoid U.S. extradition

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has faced copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering charges in the U.S. for more than a decade.

• Sep 11, 2025

Kim Dotcom set to be extradited to U.S. to face Megaupload criminal charges

In response to the decision, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom tweeted, "Oops. Don't worry I have a plan," and, "I love New Zealand. I'm not leaving."

• Aug 15, 2024

The full episode of 60 Minutes Overtime from January 5, 2014

60 Minutes tours the strange, luxurious world of Kim Dotcom, who is stuck in New Zealand under threat of extradition to the U.S.; then, Scott Pelley on what goes through a man's mind when he's standing very, very close to an erupting volcano; and, Looking for an alternative to a 2014 diet? Here's a group of plus-size women fighting a bigger battle.

• Jan 5, 2014

Hollywood's Villain: Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom is accused of enabling millions to enjoy films and other copyrighted content for next to nothing. He ran a site called "Megaupload" and calls himself a businessman, but U.S. authorities call him a copyright thief. Bob Simon reports.

• Jan 5, 2014

Kim Dotcom loses latest appeal to avoid extradition to U.S.

The latest decision comes more than six years after U.S. authorities shut down Dotcom's file-sharing website Megaupload

• Jul 4, 2018

60 Minutes tours the strange, luxurious world of Kim Dotcom, who is stuck in New Zealand under threat of extradition from the United States

60 Minutes tours the strange, luxurious world of Kim Dotcom, who is stuck in New Zealand under threat of extradition from the United States

• Jan 5, 2014

Judge rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to U.S.

Dotcom faces criminal coyright charges over his Megaupload website, which some visitors had used to illegally download songs and movies

• Dec 22, 2015

Kim Dotcom’s lawyer says Kim is suffering

“You can’t measure someone’s happiness by the size of their home,” says Ira Rothken, one of Kim Dotcom’s U.S. lawyers.

• Jan 5, 2014

Kim Dotcom dreamed of making millions as a kid

“It must have been encoded in my DNA,” Dotcom says of his childhood dream -- which he claims he achieved at eighteen.

• Jan 5, 2014

A military-style raid on Kim Dotcom’s compound

Susan Crawford, a law professor and former Obama Administration technology advisor, describes the Dotcom raid.

• Jan 5, 2014

Preview: Hollywood's Villain

Kim Dotcom is accused of enabling millions to enjoy films and other copyrighted content for next to nothing

• Jan 2, 2014