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  1. Jun 23, 2021 · Reuters. Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges....

    • How It Unravelled
    • A Neighbourhood Dispute Turned Bad
    • Back in The Us Things Were No Less Unstable

    In 2008, following the stockmarket crash that obliterated his fortune, McAfee moved to the wealthy tourist enclave of Ambergris Caye in Belize. But rather than living out his days in quiet luxury, McAfee's life appeared to quickly begin to unravel. He announced plans to move away from computer tech and virus programs and instead manufacture what he...

    His neighbour in Ambergris Caye was Gregory Faull – a 52-year-old retired Florida restaurateur – who was known to be impatient with the dogs that were left unleashed and threatening as he wandered past to reach his favourite beach bar every evening. When the animals turned up dead one day, Faull – who lived three doors away and had expressed a desi...

    In 2019 Faull's daughter filed a "wrongful death" lawsuit against McAfee and he was ordered to pay Faull's family $US25 million. He never did. Then last year the final chapter of McAfee's life began to unfold. As he boarded a flight to Turkey from Spain, he was arrested for securities fraud, allegedly attempting to sell cryptocurrencies in a "pump ...

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    • 2016
    • by Catherine Taylor
  2. Jun 23, 2021 · McAfee was found dead in his cell in a prison near Barcelona on Wednesday around 1 p.m. ET and a medical examiner went to the scene, a spokeswoman for the Superior Court of Catalonia told CNN.

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  3. Jun 23, 2021 · Alan Diaz/AP. American software pioneer John McAfee, 75, was found dead on Wednesday in a prison cell in Barcelona, Spain, according to McAfee's lawyers. Just hours earlier, a court in...

  4. Jun 23, 2021 · Sam Dean. June 23, 2021 · 8 min read. Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in prison after extradition ruling. Watch on. 0:00 / 1:21. John McAfee. , the antivirus software pioneer...

  5. Jun 23, 2021 · McAfee had been detained in Spain since last fall, when he was arrested on allegations of tax evasion. The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission added to those...

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