Megaupload Warrants Ruled Illegal By New Zealand Court

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post
Thu, 06/28/2012 - 11:06am

A court in New Zealand has ruled that the search warrants used by New Zealand police when they raided the home of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom were invalid. Reuters reported that a High Court judge said the search warrants were “too vague” and “did not adequately describe the offences to which they related.” The judge also ruled that the FBI acted unlawfully when it took copies of data from Dotcom’s computer offshore. Read full article >>

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