Unfortunately, a portion of his fans either don't seem to be aware of that history, or they choose to overlook because they're wishing for some kind of "stick it to the man" underdog.
* military style raid in New Zealand ( that turned out to be illegal )
* Illegal spying ( and then winning the right to sue the NZ five eyes spy agency )
* copyright infringement is generally not extraditable so extra charges to make the offence extraditable, e.g. conspiracy
* attempts to stop legal defence through seizure of assets, some of which were eventually were won back
Wikipedia article about the case for more info & references : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload_legal_case