John McAfee wanted for murder

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Yes, that McAfee. The fourth most interesting man in world.



One of the pioneers of anti-virus software has allegedly descended into drug-induced paranoia and is now wanted for murder, according to a popular tech website.


John McAfee, the 67-year-old founder of the computer security company that bears his name, has been living in Belize in a jungle compound stockpiled with weapons and outfitted with a chemistry lab, reports Gizmodo.


McAfee has been using the lab to develop an antimicrobial agent derived from rainforest plants and also, according to the report, to experiment with a dangerous hallucinatory drug called MDPV, commonly used in so-called bath salts.


His alleged erratic behaviour has increasingly alienated him from his fellow ex-pats, reportedly coming to a head when fellow American Gregory Paul was shot dead Saturday in his own home.


McAfee is the prime suspect, Gizmodo says, citing a Belizean police spokesman.


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Yes, that McAfee. The fourth most interesting man in world.



One of the pioneers of anti-virus software has allegedly descended into drug-induced paranoia and is now wanted for murder, according to a popular tech website.


John McAfee, the 67-year-old founder of the computer security company that bears his name, has been living in Belize in a jungle compound stockpiled with weapons and outfitted with a chemistry lab, reports Gizmodo.


McAfee has been using the lab to develop an antimicrobial agent derived from rainforest plants and also, according to the report, to experiment with a dangerous hallucinatory drug called MDPV, commonly used in so-called bath salts.


His alleged erratic behaviour has increasingly alienated him from his fellow ex-pats, reportedly coming to a head when fellow American Gregory Paul was shot dead Saturday in his own home.


McAfee is the prime suspect, Gizmodo says, citing a Belizean police spokesman.


Sun News : Internet security billionaire wanted for murder

His alleged erratic behaviour

Eccentric. When they're billionaires, we call them eccentric.

Seriously holy crap though, I guess money really doesn't buy everything. Particularly sanity it would seem.

 

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Somebodies security system broke down for sure. It is a sad situation when people with
potential break down

 

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Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee indicted for cryptocurrency fraud
Author of the article:Reuters
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Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice
Publishing date:Mar 05, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 1 minute read • comment bubbleJoin the conversation
John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, speaks at the Malta Blockchain Summit in St Julian's, Malta November 1, 2018.
John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, speaks at the Malta Blockchain Summit in St Julian's, Malta November 1, 2018. PHOTO BY DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI /REUTERS
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose former company still bears his name, has been indicted on fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges stemming from two cryptocurrency schemes, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.

Authorities accused McAfee and his bodyguard, Jimmy Gale Watson Jr, of exploiting McAfee’s large Twitter following to artificially inflate prices of “altcoins” through a pump-and-dump scheme, and concealing payments McAfee received from startup businesses to promote initial coin offerings.


McAfee and his accomplices allegedly reaped more than $13 million from the schemes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed related civil charges concerning the alleged pump-and-dump scheme.

Lawyers for McAfee and Watson could not immediately be identified.

McAfee is being detained in Spain following his arrest there on tax evasion charges, which was announced in October, the Justice Department said. Watson was arrested on Thursday night, the department added.

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Both also face civil charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which in October accused McAfee of concealing more than $23.1 million he made from boosting seven cryptocurrency offerings on Twitter.


McAfee became the subject of a media frenzy in 2012 when he fled his home in Belize after police sought him for questioning about the death of a neighbor. They ultimately said he was not a suspect.

In the cryptocurrency cases, authorities said McAfee touted assets including Verge, Reddcoin and Dogecoin as part of a “Coin of the Day” or “Coin of the Week” tweet from around December 2017 through February 2018.

Authorities said McAfee held himself up as an expert on cybersecurity and cryptocurrency through his tweets, speeches and his role as a CEO of a publicly traded cryptocurrency company.

They also accused him of telling followers he had no stake in the coins, even as he touted how they “will change the world.”

Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee indicted for cryptocurrency fraud

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose former company still bears his name, has been indicted on fraud and money laundering conspir…

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