As the Megaupload shutdown and indictment has played out, one man has gotten more attention than anyone else.

That would be Kim Dotcom, formerly Kim Schmitz, the German founder of Megaupload.

The FBI's indictment accuses Dotcom and others of being part of a criminal group called "Mega Conspiracy" and that they ran an "international criminal enterprise."

Excluding Megaupload, Dotcom has a long history of criminal activities, including hacking, embezzlement and insider trading. He's also a known street-racer and playboy, and has two other aliases, Kimble and Kim Tim Jim Vestor.

So who is Kim Dotcom?

Kim Dotcom was born in Germany. According to British paper The Telegraph, he's 6 foot 7 inches tall, weighs over 300 pounds, and is 37 years old.

(Source: The Telegraph)

The first evidence of Dotcom's career can be traced back to 1998, when he was convicted of trading stolen credit card numbers and given a suspended two-year jail sentence.

(Source: The Telegraph)

Supposedly having made his fortune with what he called "the startup factory," kimvestor.com, his next brush with the law came in 2001, when he acquired the borderline insolvent LetsBuyIt.com, pledged to funnel 50 million euros into it, and sold it off when the shares soared. Dotcom was convicted in a German court of insider trading.

(Source: BusinessWeek; CNET)

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