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Arkivbild: John McAfee 2019. (Todd J. Van Emst / TT NYHETSBYRÅN/ NTB Scanpix)

Antivirusentreprenören McAfee hittad död i cell

Den brittisk-amerikanske entreprenören John McAfee har hittats död i sin cell i ett spanskt fängelse, bara timmarna efter att en domstol godkänt utlämning till USA där han misstänkts för skattebrott. Det rapporterar spanska El Mundo.

McAfee, måhända mest känd för antivirusprogrammet med samma namn, greps i oktober förra året i Barcelona när han var på väg att kliva på ett plan till Istanbul.

Spanska myndigheter utreder dödsfallet, men till Reuters säger McAfees advokat att entreprenören begick självmord. Han blev 75 år gammal.

 
John McAfee
Wikipedia (en)
John David McAfee ( MAK-ə-fee; September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021) was a British-American computer programmer and businessman. He founded the software company McAfee Associates in 1987 and ran it until 1994, when he resigned from the company. McAfee Associates achieved early success as the creator of McAfee's first commercial antivirus software, and the business now produces a range of enterprise security software. The company was purchased by Intel in 2011, though it still bears the McAfee brand name. McAfee's wealth peaked in 2007 at $100 million, before his investments plummeted in the financial crisis of 2007–2008. After leaving McAfee Associates, he founded the companies Tribal Voice (makers of the PowWow chat program), QuorumEx, and Future Tense Central, among others, and was involved in leadership positions in the companies Everykey, MGT Capital Investments, and Luxcore, among others. His personal and business interests included smartphone apps, cryptocurrency, yoga, and herbal antibiotics. He resided for a number of years in Belize, but returned to the United States in 2013 while wanted in Belize for questioning on suspicion of murder.McAfee was also a political activist. He unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States in 2016 and 2020. On October 6, 2020, McAfee was arrested in Spain over tax evasion charges. The charges were announced shortly after the U.S. SEC revealed that it had brought civil charges against McAfee and that he could face 30 years in prison if convicted.On June 23, 2021, McAfee was found dead due to an apparent suicide in a prison cell near Barcelona shortly after his extradition to the United States was authorized by the Spanish National Court.

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