kim dotcom (born kim schmitz; 21 january 1974), also known as kimble and kim tim jim vestor, is a german-finnish internet entrepreneur and political activist. he lives in queenstown, new zealand. dotcom is the founder of the former file hosting service megaupload (2005–2012). in 2012, the united states department of justice seized megaupload and pressed charges against dotcom. the charges included criminal copyright infringement, money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud. his house was raided and new zealand police arrested him. dotcom posted bail, and is now going through long legal issues to stop himself from being extradited to the united states. he started another service, mega, in 2013. he left mega in 2015.