Spain investigates death of antivirus maker McAfee

“There was one death, which apparently indicated suicide, but confirmation is still given by autopsy“, which could take place in the next few days, a spokeswoman for the Catalan prison system told the news agency. AFP.

McAfee was arrested in October 2020 at Barcelona airport after being accused by US justice of failing to report millions of dollars in revenue for the promotion of cryptocurrencies, consulting services, conferences and rights sold for a documentary on his life.

The American authorities had issued an arrest warrant by Interpol and requested an extradition which was finally granted yesterday by the Spanish justice, but the authorization of the Spanish government was still in force.

According to the extradition request, McAfee earned over $ 12 million between 2014 and 2018 without filing taxes. “To hide his income and his assets from the tax authorities (…) the accused ordered that part of his income be paid to straw men and that he put properties in his name”, adds the document.

Since becoming a cryptocurrency guru, the life of McAfee, who has defined himself via Twitter as a “lover of women, adventures and mysteries”, has been a string of controversies involving drugs, weapons. and even murder.

McAfee sparked controversy in 2012 when he moved to Belize where, in addition to having guns and living with a 17-year-old girl, one of his neighbors was found mysteriously murdered, in a case that did not has not yet been resolved. Had he been convicted of his alleged crimes of tax evasion, he would have faced a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.