Dutch hold Estonian national in Megaupload file-sharing case

The Netherlands has remanded a 32-year-old Estonian in custody for 60 days pending his extradition to the US in connection with the Megaupload file-sharing case.


The man, named as Andrus Nomm on US court documents, was arrested on Friday and appeared in court this week. Nomm, who also holds Turkish nationality and was arrested in Rotterdam, is said to be a programmer at the file-sharing company.
The investigation into Megaupload led to the arrest of four people in New Zealand last week, including owner Kim Dotcom and Dutch national Bram van der Kolk, aka Bramos.
All four are currently being held in New Zealand to await extradition to the US.
Server farms owned by Leaseweb in Amsterdam and Haarlem were also raided last week. According to the Parool, Mega Conspiracy, the company behind Megaupload, rents 630 servers from Leaseweb at a cost, according to the FBI, of €65m. Some of the money was paid via Rabobank and ABN Amro, the paper says.

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