John McAfee dead latest – Antivirus software creator 'commits suicide' after deal made to extradite him from Spain to US
ANTIVIRUS pioneer John McAfee has reportedly killed himself after he was set to be extradited to the United States.
The 75-year-old tech mogul took his own life in a prison in Barcelona, according to local paper El Pais.
McAfee was arrested on October 3 of last year at El Prat airport in Spain, as he was about to flee the country to Turkey.
That same month, McAfee was charged in Tennessee with evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he did consulting work, made speaking engagements and sold the rights to his life story for a documentary.
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WHO WAS JOHN MCAFEE?
John McAfee was born in 1945 on a US Army base in Britain, before being raised in Virginia.
After working as a programmer and software designer for several companies, including NASA, he began to develop software to combat viruses.
In 1987 he founded McAfee Associates, a computer antivirus company.
Eventually Intel bought McAfee and changed the name of the branding – something McAfee expressed pleasure over.
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MCAFEE ALLUDES TO SUICIDE IN 2019
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FULL SLEW OF CHARGES
His full slew of charges were conspiracy to commit commodities and securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities and touting fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and substantive wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy offenses stemming from two schemes relating to the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies qualifying under federal law as commodities or securities. If convicted, McAfee would have faced up to 60 years in prison.
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HOW OLD WAS JOHN MCAFEE?
McAfee was 75 years old when he allegedly took his own life in prison.
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VIRTUAL COURT APPEARANCE
He appeared in court via videoconference during the Covid pandemic.
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JOHN MCAFEE PICTURED IN PRISON IN 2019
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STAFF MEMBERS TRIED TO RESUSITATE MCAFEE
John McAfee, 75, reportedly took his own life in prison in Barcelona, Spain.
According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, jail staff members tried resuscitating McAfee but were unsuccessful.
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WHAT WAS JOHN MCAFEE'S CAUSE OF DEATH?
John McAfee, 75, reportedly took his own life in prison in Barcelona, Spain.
The tech mogul was set to be extradited to the United States after getting arrested in Spain back in 2020.
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SPANISH PROSECUTOR DISMISSED CLAIMS
The Spanish prosecutor, Carlos Bautista, branded McAfee as a tax dodger and dismissed claims that the charges were politically motivated.
He supported this claim by saying Libertarian candidates rarely get more than 1% of the vote.
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MCAFEE LINKS CHARGES TO FAILED POLITICAL RUN
During his arrest in October 2020, McAfee blamed the charges placed on him on his failed bid to run for the Libertarian Party in the 2020 US Presidential Election.
He claims his charges were politically motivated.
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MCAFEE'S CRYPTOCURRENCY SCHEME
In March, McAfee and an accomplice were indicted for scamming bitcoin investors for $13million.
They did this by buying large amounts of the cryptocurrency, then inflating the price by promoting it on Twitter.
Overall, they made a $2million profit.
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'EVERYTHING POINT TO SUICIDE'
The Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that McAfee was pulled from his cell this morning and police are investigating the circumstances around his death.
“Everything points to suicide,” the newspaper reported.
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WHO IS JOHN MCAFEE?
John McAfee is a British-American businessman and computer programmer.
He founded the popular software company McAfee Associates in 1987 and ran it until 1984 when he resigned.
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'HIGH-CALIBER' WEAPONS
In July 2019, McAfee was released from detention in the Dominican Republic after he and five others were suspected of traveling on a yacht carrying high-caliber weapons, ammunition and military-style gear, officials on the Caribbean island said at the time.
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MCAFEE ARGUED CHARGES AGAINST HIM WERE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
In a hearing held via videolink earlier this month, McAfee argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and said he would spend the rest of his life in prison if he was returned to the US.
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MCAFEE SOUGHT BY AUTHORITIES IN THE PAST
McAfee developed early internet security software and has been sought by authorities in the US and Belize in the past.
The Tennessee indictment said McAfee failed to file tax returns from 2014 to 2018, despite receiving "considerable income" from several sources.
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WHEN WAS MCAFEE ARRESTED?
McAfee was arrested on October 3 of last year at El Prat airport in Spain, as he was about to flee the country to Turkey.
That same month, McAfee was charged in Tennessee with evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he did consulting work, made speaking engagements and sold the rights to his life story for a documentary.
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DEATH REPORTED AFTER EXTRADITION TO THE US
His death was reported just hours after Spain’s National Court approved his extradition to the US, where he is wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carried a prison sentence of up to 30 years.
The decision could have been appealed and the final extradition would have needed to be approved by the Spanish Cabinet.
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JOHN MCAFEE COMMITTS SUICIDE AT AGE 75
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee has reportedly killed himself after he was set to be extradited to the United States.
The 75-year-old tech mogul took his own life in a prison in Barcelona, according to local paper El Pais.
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