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whiityp
02-29-2012, 02:32 AM
MEGAUPLOAD founder Kim Dotcom and his wife need more than $200,000 a month to get by, a New Zealand court has heard.

Dotcom, facing extradition to the United States, and his heavily pregnant wife Mona are seeking to have some of their seized assets to be released at a hearing at the High Court in Auckland today.

Crown prosecutor Anne Toohey told the court that together Dotcom and his wife have requested that $220,000 a month in living costs be released.

Among the monthly costs requested are $24,000 for body guards, $29,000 for staff including nannies, a butler and Mrs Dotcom's personal assistant, $5000 for landline phone costs, $8500 for gas and power, and $6500 for tutoring the couple's four-year-old child.

Costs for the maintenance of the empty $30 million rented Dotcom Mansion in Coatesville, north of Auckland, have also been requested.


Ms Toohey said many of these costs were unreasonable, given the average annual income of a New Zealand household is about $79,000.

She said that if the funds were released, the amount would almost drain, in the space of a month, Dotcom's New Zealand Rabobank account, which contains about $300,000.

The 38-year-old Megaupload founder was granted bail last week. He is awaiting an extradition to the US, where he is facing charges of racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering.However, he could be returned to custody if the Crown's appeal of the decision to release him on electronically monitored bail is successful.

A decision on this is expected this afternoon.

source: news AU

XajNyne
02-29-2012, 02:36 AM
Sucks to be him.

CloudStrife7x
02-29-2012, 02:40 AM
damn that is a lot if money, i also need that much to get by lol

MadeGuy
02-29-2012, 02:43 AM
Whiny bitch...

Paprika
02-29-2012, 03:15 AM
damn that is a lot if money, i also need that much to get by lol

As do I... Maybe half that, if thats okay please:)

Krauser
02-29-2012, 10:33 AM
damn that is a lot if money, i also need that much to get by lol
Why dont make a million then? ^^

Sensi420
02-29-2012, 04:42 PM
$5000 for landline phone, i would hate to see his phone bill. "$6500 for tutoring the couple's four-year-old child" who in the hell is there tutor? Bill Gates?

Noctis Caelum
02-29-2012, 05:53 PM
i personally miss megaupload.com was the only site i used

TheLastDude
03-07-2012, 01:37 AM
i guess that is what he gets for doing shady stuff instead of keeping it clean and legit.

i highly doubt he needs 200,000 dollars tho. most people even with kids can get by on less than that.

maybe he should look into food stamps or something?

it is what i would do anyways.

Paprika
03-07-2012, 02:27 AM
i personally miss megaupload.com was the only site i used

Ditto, MU or mediafire, nothing else is half as good as these two were/are


i guess that is what he gets for doing shady stuff instead of keeping it clean and legit.

i highly doubt he needs 200,000 dollars tho. most people even with kids can get by on less than that.

maybe he should look into food stamps or something?

it is what i would do anyways.

Unfair to say "shady stuff" as thats saying he knew everything that was being uploaded through MU, which is in essence impossible.

Also don't take this the wrong way, he's wealthy, he's attached to the "good life" why the fuck would someone who wants 200K a month want to live of Food stamps or government handouts valued at about what 100 bucks? (which NZ doesn't have food stamps if memory serves right)