Document Justice US vs Kim Dotcom

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) v. ) Criminal No. 1:12CR3 ) KIM DOTCOM, ) MEGAUPLOAD LIMITED, ) VESTOR LIMITED, ) FINN BATATO, ) JULIUS BENCKO, ) SVEN ECHTERNACH, ) MATHIAS ORTMANN, ) ANDRUS NOMM, and ) BRAM VAN DER KOLK, ) ) Defendants ) Introduction and Summary of Evidence As per Judge O’Grady’s Order of November 22, 2013, the United States of America has been authorized to provide notice to potential victims in the criminal case. As part of that notice, the government has been permitted to release a summary of the evidence that has already been provided to the defendants in the extradition process pending in New Zealand and that would have otherwise become public at the defendants’ extradition hearing (which has recently been rescheduled by the New Zealand District Court to start on July 7, 2014). The government today has further served Judge O’Grady’s chambers with the notice package (including a copy of this summary) and has informed the clerk that Judge O’Grady’s Order may now be unsealed. Due to the length of the documents in the notice, the government will publish the notice through a release on a U.S. government website and will not file a copy electronically with the court clerk. The summary reflects evidence reviewed by Assistant United States Attorneys Jay V. Prabhu and Ryan K. Dickey of the U.S.