# FBI shuts down MegaUpload, arrested the heads and seized $50 million in assets
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**Created:** [January 19, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866 "2012-01-19T12:39:54Z")
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/1 "2012-01-19T12:39:54Z")
> **[Feds say 7 behind celeb-endorsed Megaupload.com ran massive, worldwide piracy...](http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-file-sharing-website.html)**
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> Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws -- a day after a 24-hour blackout of popular websites such as Wikipedia drew...
Feds drop the banhammer.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/2 "2012-01-19T12:53:20Z")
I am shocked this was the one to go. They had the video with the celebrities I thought that supported them.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/3 "2012-01-19T14:08:43Z")
Swizz was CEO??
wow
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### Author:  [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/4 "2012-01-19T14:53:58Z")
> **[MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested \* TorrentFreak](https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-shut-down-120119/)**
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> MegaUpload, one of the largest file-sharing sites on the Internet, has been shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia. The site's founder Kim Dotcom and three others were arrested by the police in New Zealand at the request of US authorities....
> MegaUpload, one of the largest file-sharing sites on the Internet, has been shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia. The site’s founder Kim Dotcom and three others were arrested by the police in New Zealand at the request of US authorities. MegaVideo, the streaming site belonging to same company, and a total of 18 domains connected to the Mega company were seized and datacenters in three countries raided.
> An indictment unsealed today by the Department of Justice claims that MegaUpload has caused the entertainment industries more than $500 million in lost revenue and generated $175 million “in criminal proceeds.”
> In addition to MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom who was arrested today in New Zealand, another six alleged members of the Mega “conspiracy” were charged in the indictment:
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> - Finn Batato, 38, Mega’s chief marketing officer and a citizen and resident of Germany
> - Julius Bencko, 35, Mega’s graphic designer from Slovakia
> - Sven Echternach, 39,Mega’s German head of business development;
> - Mathias Ortmann, 40, the German CTO, co-founder and director of Mega
> - Andrus Nomm, 32, programmer and head of the development from Estonia
> - Bram van der Kolk, 29, a Dutch citizen who oversaw programming and network issues.
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> Dotcom, Batato, Ortmann and van der Kolk were arrested today in Auckland, New Zealand, by authorities there. Bencko, Echternach and Nomm are still at large.
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> The authorities seized approximately $50 million in assets, which appears to include Kim Dotcom’s treasured collection of several dozen cars, as detailed below.
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### Author:  [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/5 "2012-01-19T15:00:44Z")
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/6 "2012-01-19T15:01:36Z")
who knew swizz beatz was CEO? :gotme:
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### Author:  [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/7 "2012-01-19T15:06:10Z")
^^^ I JUST FOUND THAT OUT
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### Author:  [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/8 "2012-01-19T15:09:25Z")
Is this repost week?
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[http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload)
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/9 "2012-01-19T15:10:05Z")
Wow… Interesting to see how this plays out though.
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### Author:  [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/10 "2012-01-19T15:12:16Z")
> [@KuntryQuestTSi](#):
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> Is this repost week?
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> ---------- Post added at 06:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 PM ----------
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> [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload)
do you think all of SON reads posts on another forum?
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### Author:  [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/11 "2012-01-19T15:14:51Z")
> [@KuntryQuestTSi](#):
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> Is this repost week?
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> ---------- Post added at 06:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 PM ----------
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> [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?228525-So-long-megaupload.com&highlight=megaupload)
ya, thats why I posted it in the NETWORK off-topic…so EVERYONE can see it and not just SON guys.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/12 "2012-01-19T15:26:08Z")
I’m American so I don’t think about other countries. 🙂
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### Author:  [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/13 "2012-01-19T15:31:45Z")
^ lol yes indeed
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/14 "2012-01-19T17:31:28Z")
[http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/](http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/)
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/15 "2012-01-19T18:13:45Z")
Damn I can’t believe they are going after guys over seas! Shits crazy.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/16 "2012-01-19T18:20:39Z")
I actually grabbed some Android phone dumps from them this morning. It sucks…also $175,000,000 in ad revenue…nice, nice.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/17 "2012-01-19T18:47:11Z")
still can’t believe one of hip hops longest standing best producers is the CEO of a piracy conspiracy… so nuts.
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### Author:  [@duckJAI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duckJAI)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/18 "2012-01-19T19:02:43Z")
^^didn’t you know? The U.S Govt likes to do whatever it wants, regardless of bodies of water that separates them.
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### Author:  [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/19 "2012-01-19T19:57:44Z")
damn, this is CRAYYYYZY… and the attacks on the sites that follow the raid is even more crazier… its literally starting to look like a cyber war
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### Author:  [@Driftacular](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Driftacular)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fbi-shuts-down-megaupload-arrested-the-heads-and-seized-50-million-in-assets/219866/20 "2012-01-19T20:27:30Z")
SOPA and PIPA before they even pass.
fuck the US government.
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