A court in New Zealand has denied internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s bid to avoid being sent to the United States where he faces criminal charges.
The decision Monday follows an epic legal battle that has pitted Dotcom against the U. S. and New Zealand governments.
Dotcom is the flamboyant founder of file-sharing site Megaupload , which was shut down by the U. S. government. He was arrested in January 2012 in a spectacular raid by New Zealand police on his luxury mansion in Auckland, the country’s largest city.
