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Why has megaupload the website being seized by the FBI?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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Megaupload.com is being seized by the FBI because someone on the website hacked into several America Nation security websites such as FBI and CIA. The people website is being charged with Conspiriacy of Commit Racketeering, Conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, Conspiracy to cmmit money Laundering and Criminal Copyright infrigement.

All of this is part of the 17 U.S.C and the 18 U.S.C
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MegaUpload is down as of January 19, 2012 because of a FBI investigation that lead to the U.S. Department of Justice seizing the MegaUpload domain as well as its various other domains such as MegaVideo due to accusations of MegaUpload being involved in copyrighted violations of TV Shows, movies and music.


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