John McAfee has died. According to reports, he died in his prison cell in Barcelona. His death occurred shortly after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States.
While talking about his death, the Catalan justice department said the death may have been by suicide. The Catalan government said prison security tried to revive him before his death was certified and a judicial delegation came to investigate the cause of death.
Spain’s Ministry of Justice didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment.
McAfee encountered federal charges of tax evasion and fraud connected to cryptocurrency schemes. Last year, the justice department said he was charged with not filing tax returns from 2014 to 2018.
None of the charges were related to the McAfee antivirus software.
McAfee had been embattled since 2012 after he was alleged to be involved in a homicide in Belize. McAfee however denied being involved in the homicide.
McAfee tweeted in 2019 that his only “crime is not filing tax returns” and claimed that other charges against him were “propaganda by the US government to silence me.”
In July 2019, he was nabbed by the Dominican Republic Armed Forces while docking his yacht in Puerto Plata. During his arrest, multiple high-caliber weapons, and ammunition were seized.
McAfee later fled to Europe but was arrested in Barcelona in October 2020.
