Dotcom has formally reported Comey to the New Zealand police for the theft of his data by the FBI, and has requested that they question him.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 24, 2017
“By this letter, Mr. Dotcom lodges a formal complaint with the New Zealand Police regarding the unlawful removal from New Zealand of clones of electronic devices belonging to Mr. Dotcom which were seized during the well-publicized search of Mr. Dotcom’s then home on 20 January 2012,” the letter, sent by a lawyer on Dotcom’s behalf, reads.
Comey is currently in New Zealand for a conference, and it is unknown how long he will remain there. For this reason, Dotcom stressed the urgency of the police questioning him.
Dotcom is wanted in the US over a file hosting service called Megaupload, which is now defunct. The US Department of Justice has accused him of pirating, copyright infringement, wire fraud and other charges related to the website. He has also founded a cloud storage service called Mega, which uses encryption to protect user privacy.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 24, 2017
A New Zealand court ruled in January that Dotcom and others accused alongside him could be extradited to the US, not for the charge of copyright infringement, but on the fraud charge. His lawyer is appealing the decision.
In an entertaining tweet, Dotcom poked at Comey by accusing him of stealing data, using the hashtag “pirates.”
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 24, 2017
The US has alleged that Dotcom’s file-sharing service cost Hollywood over $500 million in lost revenue.
