Dotcom man's trip to bank cheques
The man who banked two cheques from German multimillionaire Kim Dotcom to John Banks has described how he deposited $50,000 in Queenstown so the donation would come from "as far away as possible" and would appear to be anonymous. Ref. Source 6
Dotcom invites three to swim at Kim's
Following the Twitter success of "#SwimatKims", where three men from Auckland found themselves with golden tickets to party pool-side at Kim Dotcom's Coatesville mansion, the internet tycoon is looking to repeat the event for all 30,000 of his followers. Ref. Stuff.co.nz
He is doing a nice trick to get more supporters and he can afford it too but in the end can they really help him if the New Zealand law has their way?
Megaupload: Hollywood vs the Internet
The Kim Dotcom saga is perfect for myth-making. Dotcom has cast himself as the hero in his own legend. He is the fun-loving, high-living innocent pursued by a hit squad of Hollywood tycoons and their friends John Key, Joe Biden and the Kiwi cops, those gormless dupes of the FBI. He's the German teddy bear plucked from his house and bounced into a foreign jail. Ref. Source 7