Meet the new Dotcoms: Megaupload founder welcomes twin girls after prison release



The millionaire founder of file-sharing website Megaupload has become the father of twin girls - a month after his release from prison.



Kim Dotcom - who is currently under house arrest in Auckland, New Zealand after a FBI-shutdown of the site - welcomed the double bundle of joy with his wife, Mona this week.



They are the fourth and fifth children for the couple.

Double bundle: Kim Dotcom welcomed twin baby girls with his wife, Mona, this week

As copyright blog TorrentFreak reports, the twins were bormn at the National Women's Hospital in Auckland, weighing 5.3 and 6.2lbs. The girls' names have not been released.



Dotcom is said to have texted the website's editor: 'Two healthy Kiwis were born yesterday. All good.

'When they asked me if I would like to keep the placenta (weird question) I said yes, and please send it to the FBI for forensic analysis so they can verify there is no pirate DNA ;-)'.

The couple is already parents to children Kimmo, Kaylo and Kobi.

Target: In January, U.S. authorities shut down the Megaupload site and worked with authorities in New Zealand to have Dotcom arrested

Justification: Megaupload says many of its users are legitimate and storing important files on the site

Warning: Users trying to access the Megaupload website get this message from the FBI

New Zealand authorities granted the German native residency in 2010 after deciding the money he could bring to the country outweighed his criminal past.



Dotcom had been convicted in his native Germany for computer fraud and stock-price manipulation.



In January this year New Zealand police arrested the 38-year-old along with three senior members of Megaupload on charges of criminal copyright infringement.



He is currently fighting extradition from New Zealand to America after federal prosecutors lodged papers demanding they face trial in the U.S.



They accuse him of racketeering by facilitating millions of illegal downloads of copyrighted material on the site.

Fight: U.S. prosecutors are seeking Dotcom's extradition from New Zealand, where the multi-millionaire remains under house arrest

Leniency: Dotcom is allowed up to 60,000 New Zealand dollars ($49,000) per month to pay for his living expenses and is allowed the use of one of his cars, a 2011 Mercedes

Megaupload says many of its users are legitimate and storing important files on the site.



A few weeks ago Dotcom claimed that 'a large number' of U.S. government officials are members of his file-sharing website and said he hoped he would soon be able to give them permission to access their accounts.



Dotcom's comments sparked speculation he may be prepared to name the officials when the case comes to trial.



In another development in the case, a judge in New Zealand on Thursday released a ruling that Dotcom be allowed up to 60,000 New Zealand dollars ($49,000) per month from his frozen bank accounts to pay for his living expenses as he prepares his defence.



He is also allowed the use of one of his cars, a 2011 Mercedes Benz.

