Two men in the alleged Megaupload internet piracy case have been granted bail.
Finn Batato, 38, from Germany, and Dutch national Bram van der Kolk, 29, were both granted bail on Thursday following a hearing at North Shore District Court.
However, they could remain in custody for a week while the Crown checks out the proposed bail addresses, APNZ reported.
No decision has been made on bail for a third accused, 40-year-old German Mathias Ortmann, 40, after Judge David McNaughton called for further submissions from his lawyer.
Megaupload's founder, Kim Dotcom, was denied bail on Wednesday, with Judge McNaughton ruling that he was a flight risk.
He has appealed that ruling and it is likely to be heard in the High Court next week.
The four face charges of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and criminal copyright infringement, according to an indictment filed in a United States court.
It is alleged the group amassed $NZ216 million in criminal proceeds through the website.
The FBI is seeking to extradite the quartet to the US.
Meanwhile, Dotcom's bodyguard Wayne Tempero says he will fight a firearms charge laid against him.
Tempero, who was bailed on Thursday, was charged over the possession of firearms allegedly bought outside New Zealand and modified.
But he said outside court that he'd done nothing illegal.
"I bought them in Auckland, they are legal and they were bought with a legal licence."
Extradition papers are expected to be filed on February 22.
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