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John McAfee "Commits Suicide" After Extradition to the US is Approved

Husky

Husky

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John McAfee was found dead in his Spanish prison cell by an apparent suicide, Spanish media is now reporting. His extradition to the US, for evading taxes, had been approved just today.

Via El Epis (archived to dodge a paywall)

Via Google Translate:
The founder of McAfee antivirus, John McAfee, was found dead this afternoon in his cell in Brians 2 prison, in Sant Esteve de Sesrovires (Barcelona), according to police sources. The Mossos are investigating what happened, and everything points to a suicide, as reported by the Department of Justice. McAfee was awaiting extradition to the United States after being detained by the National Police at the El Prat airport.
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McAfee, 75, was admitted to module 1 of the Brians 1 prison. The prison surveillance professionals, who have found him dead in the cell, and the prison medical services have intervened to carry out resuscitation maneuvers, according to explains the Department of Justice, but they have not been able to save his life.
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The controversial founder of the antivirus was arrested on October 3, 2020 at the El Prat airport, when he was about to take a plane to Turkey. The arrest came at the request of the US justice, which accuses McAfee of evading millions of dollars in taxes from the profits allegedly obtained from activities such as cryptocurrency trading. The judge of the National Court José de la Mata ordered his imprisonment, and his extradition to the United States was already scheduled.
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godhandiscen

godhandiscen

There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I never looked into what happened to him. All I know is that he lost the plot at some point, but he also has some interesting defenders.
I enjoyed how he would dunk on the Silicon Valley “holier than thou” culture.



RIP

Aww shit, this is going to create another conspiracy I bet, the ride never ends.

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Husky

Husky

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CrankyJay™ said:
Wow. Just watched a Dateline special on him a few weeks back about the killing he is suspected of being involved with.
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Can you tell us about that? I didn't even know he'd been detained until this news came out, I'm a bit in the dark as to McAfee's lawbreaking.
 
CrankyJay™

CrankyJay™

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Husky said:
Can you tell us about that? I didn't even know he'd been detained until this news came out, I'm a bit in the dark as to McAfee's lawbreaking.
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Good article on it. Basically he fled Belize after being accused of killing his neighbor.

www.wired.com

John McAfee Fled to Belize, But He Couldn't Escape Himself

On November 12, 2012, Belizean police announced that they were seeking John McAfee for questioning in connection with the murder of his neighbor. Six months earlier, I began an in-depth investigation into McAfee’s life. This is the chronicle of that investigation. Twelve weeks before the murder...
www.wired.com www.wired.com
 
deafmedal

deafmedal

Member
Husky said:
Can you tell us about that? I didn't even know he'd been detained until this news came out, I'm a bit in the dark as to McAfee's lawbreaking.
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Gringo: The Secret Life of John McAfee on Netflix is an interesting watch. One could also dig around and find 4Chan posts believed to be him about bath salts. Pretty sure there was a thread here years ago, fucking wild shit.
 
ResilientBanana

ResilientBanana

Member
godhandiscen said:
I never looked into what happened to him. All I know is that he lost the plot at some point, but he also has some interesting defenders.
I enjoyed how he would dunk on the Silicon Valley “holier than thou” culture.



RIP

Aww shit, this is going to create another conspiracy I bet, the ride never ends.

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Where's the date on this?

EDIT: I see it later in the thread.
 
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Atrus

Gold Member
I was expecting a crazier exit for such a larger-than-life character. I wonder what was wrong with him or what happened to him mentally to push him down this path.
 
Hardensoul

Hardensoul

Member
McCheese said:
He killed his neighbour over a lawn dispute then fled with 3 hookers and formed a private sex milita funded by him "investing" in illegal drugs and trading firearms, he went full terry a davis crazy.
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Wtf! That’s just too wild it’s gotta be true...hhmm
 
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