Megaupload founder joked about his ‘hacker’ past (AP)

This aerial shot shows Kim Dotcom's house in Coatesville, north west of Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Police arrested founder Kim Dotcom and three employees of Megaupload.com, a giant Internet file-sharing site, on U.S. accusations that they facilitated millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. (AP Photo/NZ Herald, Natalie Slade) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP – Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbors in New Zealand about his bad-boy reputation before telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming to the country with good intentions.

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