John McAfee, the man you probably know the founder of the McAfee popular antivirus software, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona, Spain, earlier today. According to prison officials, death would have been suicide after a Tribunal of Spain decided that McAfee could be extradited to the United States to deal with the accusations of an alleged tax evasion.
According to the Catalan Department of Justice, prison officials have discovered McAfee dead in his prison cell. An attempt to resuscitate the contractor has no success and that officials report that all signs indicate that death being the result of suicide.
The death follows the arrest of McAfee in Spain at the end of last year on allegations that he has taken steps to escape payable taxes and to avoid income tax returns. The United States Department of Justice That McAfee has attempted to escape taxes despite millions of dollars through a variety of initiatives, including the sale of rights to its life history and commitment of the life.
Suicide only occurred hours after the High Court of Spain stated that McAfee extradite in the United States. Although the opportunity remained to appeal this decision, McAfee’s lawyer told Reuters that McAfee could not bear more time in prison. McAfee had already expressed concern that a sentence in the United States would have to spend its remaining years in prison.
In addition to an indictment at Tennessee on the alleged tax evasion, McAfee was also faced with a New York fraud case involving cryptocurrence. The tech contractor was known for having lived a colorful life, including a recent crisis to life on a megayacht would have to avoid trials in the United States, as well as several years spent in Belize before dramatically fuying the police.