John McAfee Arrested, Indicted for $23 Million Illegal Crypto Pumping and Tax...

John McAfee Arrested, Indicted for $23 Million Illegal Crypto Pumping and Tax...

John McAfee has been arrested and indicted for tax evasion, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The cybersecurity entrepreneur has also been charged with fraudulently pumping cryptocurrencies by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. McAfee Fraudulently Pumped Tokens The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) independently announced their actions against two-time U.S. presidential candidate John McAfee on Monday. The SEC has charged the 74-year-old antivirus software tycoon and his bodyguard Jimmy Watson Jr. with fraudulently....


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From $100 Million to Nothing — Biographer Claims John McAfee Was Broke When H...

Just before the antivirus tycoon John McAfee was found dead in Spain, he told the public from prison that U.S. federal authorities seized all of his assets and he had “nothing.” Now a biographer who is writing a McAfee-based biography has corroborated McAfee’s story. The author Mark Eglinton says that McAfee was also unable to pay for the requested biography. McAfee Wasn’t Able to Pay for Requested Biography Expenses In 1987, John McAfee wrote the first commercial-grade antivirus software and by 1994 he sold his stake in the company and resigned. By 2007, reports....