Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell just hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges.
The Catalan justice department said medics had tried to resuscitate the 75-year-old but they were unable to save him.
It added that “everything indicates” McAfee had taken his own life.
McAfee had made repeated claims that at no times was he suicidal or wishing to take his own life.
John McAfee said he'd never kill himself. 5 hours after announcing extradition, he's found dead.
Him & his wife both predicted this. pic.twitter.com/A2SaonCbFK
— Dataracer (@Dataracer117) June 23, 2021
A controversial figure in the tech world, his company released the first commercial anti-virus software.
McAfee VirusScan helped to spark a multi-billion dollar industry in the computer world, and was eventually sold to technology giant Intel for more than $7.6bn (£4.7bn).
In October 2020, John McAfee was arrested in Spain when he was about to board a plane to Turkey, and accused of failing to file tax returns for four years, despite earning millions from consulting work, speaking engagements, crypto-currencies and selling the rights to his life story.
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