Court: Kim Dotcom Search Warrants Were Invalid

When New Zealand police set off to arrest Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three of his staff this past January, they forgot a crucial police procedure: a proper warrant.

New Zealand judge Justice Helen Winkelmann decided Thursday that the warrants New Zealand authorities used for seizing Dotcom's property -- including almost 20 vehicles, computers and pieces of art -- were illegal, according to Australia's ABC News.

Justice Winkelmann also declared illegal the warrants used by the FBI to copy Megaupload data and bring it to the U.S.

"The warrants did not adequately describe the offences to which they related," said Justice Winkelmann in her ruling. "Indeed, they fell well short of…
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