Kim Dotcom returns north after court ruling in $15m Queenstown property case

Kim Dotcom has relocated to a property in Auckland following a High Court ruling regarding a $15 million loan for his former Queenstown home. The move comes after a period of financial and health challenges for the internet entrepreneur.
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Kim Dotcom is back in Auckland, fresh from a High Court case over the $15 million loan used to buy the Queenstown home that has been his base for eight years. David Fisher reports.
He was Dotgone but now he’s back – Auckland is again home to New Zealand’s highest-profile fugitive from United States justice.
Kim Dotcom has taken a lease on a plush property just north of Omaha Beach in Auckland, the Herald has learned.
The four-bedroom coastal home has a rating valuation of $9.2 million, placing it among the more modest of the luxury homes occupied by Dotcom since he began visiting New Zealand more than 15 years ago.
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