John McAfee found dead in prison after Spanish court allows extradition to US

[Shawn Knight]

What just happened? John McAfee, the eccentric entrepreneur that founded the McAfee antivirus software company in the late 1980s, was found dead in a prison cell on Wednesday in Barcelona, Spain.

According to the Associated Press, a Spanish court had recently ruled that the 75-year-old could be extradited to the United States to face charges of tax evasion.

A statement from the Catalan government notes that prison personnel attempted to revive the man, but were unsuccessful. The statement didn’t name McAfee specifically, but reportedly referenced a 75-year-old US citizen awaiting extradition to America.

McAfee was arrested at an airport in Spain last October. A judge ordered him to be held while awaiting the outcome of the extradition hearing.

The US believes I have hidden crypto. I wish I did but it has dissolved through the many hands of Team McAfee (your belief is not required), and my remaining assets are all seized. My friends evaporated through fear of association.

I have nothing.

Yet, I regret nothing.

— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) June 16, 2021

The publication didn’t cite a cause of death, but Reuters reports that McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell. He had been indicted on tax evasion charges in Tennessee and was reportedly involved in a cryptocurrency fraud case in New York. He was also a person of interest in a murder investigation in Belize years ago.

Just one week ago, McAfee said on Twitter that the US believes he has hidden crypto. “I have nothing. Yet, I regret nothing,” McAfee concluded in what would be his final tweet.

Image credit Darrin Zammit Lupi, Reuters

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[3volv3d]

God love him.... Bonkers.

 

[Vulcanproject]

That's pretty shocking but on second thought he was just the kind of guy who would go out on his own terms.

 

[arrowflash]

That's pretty shocking but on second thought he was just the kind of guy who would go out on his own terms.

I don't know. He was pretty nutty and unstable but never seemed to me like the kind of guy who would ever commit suicide.

 

[NicktheWVAHick]

Will this affect my lifetime antivirus subscription? I hope not.

 

[noel24]

I, mean, a life is lost, but I cannot stop laughing: Microsoft365+MacAfee LIFESAFE (LOL), promo from today:

h.t.t.p.s://allegro.pl/oferta/microsoft-365-office-family-mcafee-6pc-12m-10824683163?f=0&utm_source=tdb&utm_medium=afiliacja&utm_content=digidip+PL&tduid=7a8891445f05599392d899886bd6b81f

Quoting Ricky Gervais: "In the end, He didn't kill himself, very much like Jeffrey Epstein"

LOL, LOL, LOL.

 

[ZipperBoi]

#McAfeeDidntKillHimself

 

[HofyPC]

Sounds like he had dirt on Hillary.

 

[Nobina]

If he wasn't as crazy as he was (in a good way...probably) we wouldn't know about him. RIP.

 

[kiwigraeme]

There's a good book and TV mini series in there somewhere

 

[Bullwinkle M]

Well,......... it was the last item on his bucket list

2045: Shoot neighbor
2046: Flee Country
2047: Start a Bitcoin Scam
2048: Flee another Country
2049: Eat Sh*%
2050: Die

 

[Norsiiii]

McAfee didn't kill himself!

 

[Trapped Nowhere]

I don't know. He was pretty nutty and unstable but never seemed to me like the kind of guy who would ever commit suicide.

That sounds similar to what people usually say

 

[Bullwinkle M]

McAfee didn't kill himself!

How would you know ?

Did he have any reason to live ?

I mean, sure, he didn't always follow the rules, or go by the book (as they say)

In fact, retire to a Spanish Prison was on page 11 of his bucket list

He was not one to go by the numbers

He just randomly checked stuff off on the "to do" list

Or ignored his problems until they went away!

 

[arrowflash]

That sounds similar to what people usually say

Well, on top of that, McAffee has said before that he would never kill himself and he was receiving death threats, and that people should be suspicious if he ever showed up "suicided".

 

[lufkin]

Guess the dickening isnt happening then

 

[Bullwinkle M]

Well, on top of that, McAffee has said before that he would never kill himself and he was receiving death threats, and that people should be suspicious if he ever showed up "suicided".

So.....you're saying.....He LIED?

 

[envirovore]

RIP crazy amusing tech guy.

 

[arrowflash]

So.....you're saying.....He LIED?

Well, he did lie about eating his own d*** if Bitcoin didn't hit 1 million USD a piece by 2021. So who knows...

 

[umbala]

Well, he did lie about eating his own d*** if Bitcoin didn't hit 1 million USD a piece by 2021. So who knows...

He also said he would eat his own shoe if his "team" couldn't crack that iPhone the FBI was trying to get into a few years back. I heard his next proffer was going to involve eating a light bulb if x didn't happen.

 

[brucek]

This was just his physical body. After successfully distributing his soul, mind and crypto throughout the world's PCs so thoroughly that they shall never be completely removed, he had achieved the singularity and no longer had need of it.

And if your PC starts acting a little more crazy than normal, now you know what happened.

 

[hahahanoobs]

Well, he did lie about eating his own d*** if Bitcoin didn't hit 1 million USD a piece by 2021. So who knows...

This was that guy?! Oh man. I vaguely remember hearing about that. Poor guy.

 

[Watzupken]

There's too much drama surrounding this person. But it is a sad way to end life.

 

[arrowflash]

This was that guy?! Oh man. I vaguely remember hearing about that. Poor guy.

The one and only.

 

[ypsylon]

On the plus size no more insane reports what brainless he did this time and the next and the next... because it was really getting tiresome.

Honestly it shows how scared he was being deported to the US from Spain which really speaks volumes about US justice system. He choose suicide over becoming destitute which is the worst thing you can do to richie rich person. Worst even than death.