Thursday, June 24th 2021
John McAfee Found Dead in Jail Cell
Most of TechPowerUp's regulars surely remember the contentious John McAfee - best known for the launch of the McAfee antivirus software, which still is one of the most common OEM-installed antivirus services today (and which is now owned by Intel). After numerous close encounters with law enforcement and some actual escapes from the clutches of the law, John McAfee was eventually captured and was being held in a Barcelona prison, under the Catalan Department of Justice. There was a pending extradition request to the U.S. on account of accusations on tax evasion and cryptocurrency fraud.
That extradition request was signed yesterday morning, and John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell later in the day. His death is being reported as a suicide - and the Internet is already busy poring through his tweets, where he affirmed numerous times that he would never be looking to commit suicide. John McAfee had millions of dollars in outstanding judgments that he never paid, and a 2016 documentary by showtime, "Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee", was a piece of investigative journalism that looked into purported crimes committed, aided or abetted by John McAfee, including the murder of his neighbor Greg Faull in Belize, the torture and attempted murder of another Belizean, David Middleton, and the alleged drugging and rape of one of his former business partners, Allison Adonizio.
Source:
The Verge
That extradition request was signed yesterday morning, and John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell later in the day. His death is being reported as a suicide - and the Internet is already busy poring through his tweets, where he affirmed numerous times that he would never be looking to commit suicide. John McAfee had millions of dollars in outstanding judgments that he never paid, and a 2016 documentary by showtime, "Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee", was a piece of investigative journalism that looked into purported crimes committed, aided or abetted by John McAfee, including the murder of his neighbor Greg Faull in Belize, the torture and attempted murder of another Belizean, David Middleton, and the alleged drugging and rape of one of his former business partners, Allison Adonizio.
54 Comments on John McAfee Found Dead in Jail Cell
Damn. Can't believe they murdered McAfee.
Someone told me he got a tattoo a few days earlier saying he didn't kill himself.
So yeah, either his stance changed in 2 years or he got killed and it's another Epstein situation. Could be as a result of the "31TB of hacked CIA documents" he supposedly stole and said he would release upon death, but nothing about that so far...
Even then some folks will probably still claim he was "Epstein'd".
trog
And he pretty much comitted suicide after hearing the "bad news". Anything but USA prison. The sentence would mean he'd die in prison, which the irony, he did.
www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
Tattooing yourself to pre empt your own dance with the abyss is telling IMHO. He was indeed clairvoyant on hus own state of mind. Whacked himself.