Megaupload Founder Defeats US Govt Attempts To Put Him Back In Prison
Found on TorrentFreak on Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Upset at the decision to grant Dotcom freedom, the US Government, argued yesterday in an appeal hearing that he should be put back in jail. Today they failed in that attempt and Dotcom remains a free man – at least for now.
Crown prosecutor Anne Toohey told the court yesterday that since Dotcom’s release last week two further banks accounts had been discovered – one in the Philippines and another in the British Virgin Islands containing $2000.
She said that this, along with allegations that Dotcom might have access to forged travel documents, was enough to have the 38-year-old put back in prison.
Access to a $2000 bank account and an unproven assumption that he might have access to forged passports. If that's all they have to justify his jail time, then they could lock up pretty much everybody.