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the US Supreme Court refuses to hear Kim calms case in 2012 Kim comm was indicted for copyright infringement and money laundering the indictment claims dot-com and his companies harmed copyright holders in excess of 500 million dollars dot-com was behind mega upload a file storage service in a civil forfeiture case which is separate from the criminal case a US District Court allowed the US government to seize millions of dollars from coms accounts in Hong Kong and New Zealand by using a statute known as fugitive disentitlement think of fugitive disentitlement this way the person who is being charged no longer is entitled to defend their claims to their property because that person is evading the US Court system dot-com is in New Zealand where he is fighting extradition to the United States a US federal appeals court ruling affirmed the district court's decision that allowed the US government to seize assets dot-com tried to bring the case to the US Supreme Court however the Supreme Court said it would not take this case on appeal Daum tweeted that the US Supreme Court has just rendered international treaties with the u.s. meaningless Dom's lawyer IRA Roth can issued a statement saying Kim comm has never been to the United States it's presumed innocent and is lawfully opposing extradition Raskin also said the New Zealand and Hong Kong courts will now need to weigh in on the issue for more coverage check out cnet.com mi as act I'll see you online