Eccentric software entrepreneur John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell in Spain. Suicide is suspected. According to Reuters, the Catalan justice department claims that “everything points” to suicide.
His death came after the Spanish National Court approved his extradition to the US. And McAfee was depressed about a forced return to the U.S. where he was fighting charges of income tax fraud.
Prosecutors in the state of Tennessee charged McAfee with failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies. He was also accused of tax evasion by not reporting income made with speaking engagements and through selling his story for his documentary.
McAfee had been in a Spanish prison for almost 9 months. He was arrested at the request of U.S. authorities at the Barcelona International Airport last year. McAfee was boarding a flight to Istanbul with a British passport when he was taken into custody.
McAfee always proclaimed his innocence. He said the IRS charges were an attempt to “get him.” And that his attempt to run as a Libertarian Party candidate in the 2020 US presidential election was the cause.
