TECH mogul John McAfee was found dead in a prison cell in Barcelona, Spain on June 23, 2021.
McAfee's death was shocking. Spain had just agreed to extradite him to the United States for trials related to his crimes of color.
Why was John McAfee in prison?
John McAfee, 75, was sent to jail after being arrested at El Prat Airport in Spain on October 3, 2020.
Spanish authorities arrested him on behalf of the US Department of Justice.
He has been accused of not paying his tax returns for four years, but has made millions in consulting work, speaking engagements, cryptocurrencies, and selling the rights to his documentary Life story. was earning
The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that he evaded tax payments in Tennessee by having his income transferred to bank accounts and cryptocurrency accounts in someone else's name.
He also allegedly hid assets filed in other people's names, such as yachts and properties.
Tax-related criminal charges meant he could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
A day after his arrest in October 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed another complaint alleging that he lured his unassuming Twitter users into a cryptocurrency scheme.
He reportedly made more than $13 million in this scam, and was later indicted along with a bodyguard.
At the hearing, which took place via video link, McAfee argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and that if returned to the United States, he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
Has John McAfee ever been prosecuted?
According to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the pair allegedly publicly promoted their cryptocurrency offerings and digital tokens, which they sold after a promotional price increase.
Manhattan federal prosecutor Audrey Strauss said McAfee, Watson and other members of the "cryptocurrency team" were said to have earned more than $13 million from investors. rice field.
At the time, McAfee was in custody in Spain on the aforementioned criminal charges filed by the Justice Department's Tax Division.
McAfee's so-called cryptocurrency team executive and his advisor Watson has been arrested, the Department of Justice has confirmed.
Strauss said: “As alleged, McAfee and Watson have exploited a widely used social media platform and enthusiasm among investors in the emerging cryptocurrency market to extort hundreds of thousands through lies and deception. I made $10,000.”
She added: “Defendant used McAfee’s Twitter account to publish messages to his hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers, promoting various cryptocurrencies through false and misleading statements, and exposing their true self-interest. It is alleged that he hid his motives.”
What was the cause of John McAfee's death?
McAfee reportedly took his own lifeand hung himself in a Spanish prison inBarcelona.
According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, prison officials attempted to resuscitate McAfee without success.
Reports of McAfee's death came hours after a Spanish national court approved his extradition to the United States.
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McAfee's death raised questions amonghis fan base on social media.In 2019, after he tweeted,I I was devastated. Check out my right arm."
Tattoos on his arm imply he was murdered. 88} will release a new documentary about McAfee in July 2022. announced that it will be released on August 24, 2022. The documentary titled
Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee is McAfee's Caribbean Post-technology life, including his time on the run from the authorities of nations and other nations.
All video footage of McAfee is authentic.
Deceased software inventor The filmmakers he hired hoped to sail the Caribbean , cross borders with him, and one day tell his story to the world. .
According to Deadline, "With exclusive access to hundreds of hours of unreleased footage and detailed accounts from those who knew him best, this document has followed McAfee, deep in the rainforests of Belize, across borders, up rivers in the jungles of Guatemala, through the Bahamas on boats laden with guns, drugs and alcohol, and one step ahead of suspects. I'm about to go."
