Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbors in Young Zealand nigh his bad-boy reputation ahead telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming to the commonwealth with good intentions.

I am a previous hacker who was erst convicted of insider trading, he wrote, ahead travelling on to say In entirely seriousness: My wife, two tikes and myself love Young Zealand and ‘We arrived in peace.