On June 23, computer programmer John McAfee was found dead in prison after the judge approved the US request for his extradition.
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The news was reported by the Spanish media.Spain’s justice department stated that all factors point there must have been committed suicide. McAfee was born on September 18, 1945. In 1987 he founded the software antivirus McAfee Associates, which he left in 1994. That year he established Tribal Voice, one of the internet's first quick messaging programs. McAfee also founded the tech firm QuorumEx and privacy company Future Tense Central.
Besides being a programmer and an entrepreneur, John McAfee also was a politician and tried to become the US president in 2016 and 2020. He was against the government policy and expressed his thoughts freely.
Also, McAfee played a unique role in the crypto space.He predicted the BTC price would reach $500,000 by 2020 and $1 M by 2021. In March 2021, McAfee faced several charges of money laundering and crypto fraud, particularly for a “pump-and-dump” scheme and promotion of illegal ICOs. He was imprisoned by the Spanish police.
While waiting for the judge's decision on his extradition to the US, McAffee posted several Tweets saying in the case of moving to the US he would spend the rest of his life in jail. He said his entire crypto capital was gone and friends disappeared. Despite the situation, he found himself in, John McAfee wrote "I have nothing, I regret nothing".