“In 1998, Dotcom was convicted of computer fraud and handling stolen goods, and sentenced to two years of prison on probation.”From.....
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Wikipedia article (also verifiable from a shitload of other websites).
Mind you.....you are a Nats supporter who makes excuses for Nats corruption & dishonesty.
So I suppose it stands to reason you are going to stick up for dishonest people.
well once again Wiki is shown to be wrong and you have been sucked in by their info .....
in 1998 Kim Dotcom didnt exist ......
if you had bothered to read Wiki properly instead of going off half cocked as uusual you will have noticed that it was under another name that he was charged ....
He legally changed his surname to Dotcom circa 2005 .......
Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz[6] on January 21, 1974,[7] also known as Kimble[8] and Kim Tim Jim Vestor,[9] is a German-Finnish[10] businessman who rose to prominence during the dot-com bubble and was convicted of insider trading and embezzlement in its aftermath.[11] He is also known as the founder of Megaupload and its associated websites.[11][12][13]
He legally changed his surname to Dotcom circa 2005.[14] On January 20, 2012, the New Zealand Police placed him in custody under the charges of criminal copyright infringement in relation to his Megaupload Web site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcomnever mind KTJ confussion happens as you start to age im lead to believe