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US Attorney's office calls shenanigans in Megaupload case, says Swizz Beatz is CEO

by Tyler Munro

Swizz Beatz as CEO of Megaupload is one of the least ‘is he?‘ or ‘isn’t he?‘ sagas of the past year, butit looks like the debate might finally be over with the US Attorney’s office calling shenanigans on the popular producer’s supposed innocence.

The Fader says Megaupload is trying to have their case thrown out of court, telling officials that they’re a foreign company operating outside of the US with no offices in the country.

Unfortunately for them, the suits aren’t buying it.

They say Megaupload has two American CEOs. They say one of them is Swizz Beatz (the other is someone named David Robb), and that both of them represented the company at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which to us seems like surefire way to get caught when you’re running a company that peddles piracy.

Maybe Beatz was telling the truth when he said he was only in “negotiations” to take over the site when it was raided. Probably not, though. Either way, he’s going to want to lawyer up. This could get messy.