Pirate Bay Founder Police arrest Related To Taxes Hack, Not Piracy

The actual police arrest of Pirate Bay co-creator Gottfrid Svartholm last week led to a lot conjecture about the motives and forces traveling the motion. In most scenarios it had been assumed that Svartholm had been imprisoned for his part in The Pirate Bay, but this particular happens to be false. Resources verified to TorrentFreak which Svartholm is being held at the interior ministry’s counter-top terrorism department regarding the the actual supposed coughing of a Remedial This company and the following leak of a large number of taxes numbers.

Last 7 days police arrested Pirate Bay company-founder Gottfrid Svartholm within the Cambodian funds Phnom Penh.

At first little was recognized about the reasons for the actual police arrest, however after a couple of days the actual government bodies verified that Sweden was the actual power at the rear of the actions. Based on a spokesperson for that Cambodian police, Svartholm’utes detention is connected to alleged cyber-crimes.

“His police arrest was made at the request of the Remedial government for a crime related to it,” he explained.

After this declaration it was thought that “it” referred to Svartholm’s participation using the Pirate Bay. However, a number of resources now dispute this and say which Svartholm’utes police arrest relates to a coughing operation that could go as far back to 2010.

The crack specific Swedish This company Logica, which supplies services towards the Remedial tax office. Earlier this year the actual hack created the head lines once the taxes numbers of 9,000 Swedes leaked out online.

Within the months to come 2 Remedial people within their thirties were imprisoned in connection with the actual hack. One from the suspects in question was a member of Piratbyran, the actual team that founded The actual Pirate Bay back in 2003 and was disbanded 2 yrs back.

Svartholm would be the 3rd believe in the coughing situation, that was previously tagged by the Worldwide Open public Prosecution Workplace as “a big as well as delicate investigation.”

A resource informed TorrentFreak that Svartholm isn't awaiting his deportation / removal within prison however has been kept in the interior ministry’utes counter-top act of terrorism department. This is verified through previous Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde and the sources of Remedial information site DN.se.

Upon Twitter, Chris Sunde provides that Svartholm (aka Anakata) is not offered a lawyer, which the Remedial international ministry isn't helping the Pirate Bay creator either.

“Remedial foreign ministry hasn't provided anakata lawful help. They must do that within Sweden, however disregard this when they are at the rear of the bring about,” Sunde states.

Svartholm is being locked in a workplace room accompanied by staff from the interior ministry and it is presently waiting for the actual government bodies’ next actions. On Mon, Cambodian authorities verified how the Pirate Bay founder will ultimately be deported.