They refuse bail to founder of Megaupload

A court refused Wednesday bail to Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, an internet site of file sharing, in moments in which United States authorities are seeking his extradition.

Police arrested last week to Dotcom and three employees of Megaupload by accusations of United States, according to which, they facilitated million illegal downloads of movies, music and other content, that cost the holders of copyright losses in income by 500 million dollars.

The first extradition hearing was scheduled for 22 February, in a process that could last a year or more.

Dotcom, of 38 years, insists he is innocent and that there is no risk of that flee.

During a hearing on Wednesday at a court in Auckland, the judge David McNaughton did not reveal the reasons for its decision to deny bail to Dotcom. It is expected that the judge determine later during u000aThis week or at the beginning of the forthcoming the situation on the request for release on bail of three colleagues of Dotcom.

In Washington, an official of the United States Department of Justice said that the Dutch police arrested a fifth suspect: Andrus Nomm, 32, a citizen of Estonia and resident both in the Baltic Republic and Turkey. The official asked not be identified because the case is still pending.

Altogether, US authorities have charged seven men in the case of plot and continue looking for arresting the remaining two. They are also seeking the extradition of the four arrested in New Zealand and Nomm.

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