John McAfee has been in jail in Spain since he was arrested at Barcelona in October 2020
Madrid, Spain:
Antivirus software program pioneer John McAfee was discovered useless in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, a jail official stated, shortly after a court docket authorised his extradition to the USA the place he was wished for tax evasion.
The 75-year-old was discovered useless in his cell within the Brians 2 penitentiary close to Barcelona “apparently from suicide”, a spokeswoman for the jail system within the northeastern Catalonia area stated, confirming media experiences. She gave no additional particulars.
McAfee has been in jail in Spain since he was arrested at Barcelona airport in October 2020, simply as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul.
He’s alleged to have intentionally did not file tax returns between 2014 and 2018, regardless of incomes thousands and thousands from consulting work, cryptocurrencies and promoting the rights to his life story.
If convicted, he might have confronted as much as 30 years in jail.
Spain’s Nationwide Courtroom earlier on Wednesday stated it had authorised his extradition to the USA.
The choice might nonetheless have been appealed and the extradition would even have wanted approval from the Spanish cupboard.
Based on the US extradition request filed in November and quoted within the ruling, McAfee earned greater than 10 million euros ($12 million) within the 4 years in query, however by no means filed a tax return.
“To hide his earnings and property from the Inside Income Service… the defendant ordered a part of his earnings to be paid to straw males and positioned property of their names,” it stated.
The Spanish court docket determination solely referred to offences that came about between 2016 and 2018.
Since making a fortune within the Nineteen Eighties with the antivirus software program that also bears his identify, McAfee had turn out to be a self-styled crypto-currency guru, claiming to make $2,000 a day.
He has a couple of million followers on Twitter.
In a tweet on June 16, he stated the US authorities believed he had “hidden crypto. I want I did” he stated.
“My remaining property are all seized. My buddies evaporated by way of worry of affiliation. I’ve nothing. But, I remorse nothing.”
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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