SPAIN. (THECOUNT) — Outspoken antivirus software giant, John McAfee, was found dead of an apparent suicide while being held at a Spanish prison Wednesday evening.
McAfee, 75, was found dead hours after reports surfaced that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US.
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The eccentric tech entrepreneur was arrested in October and was awaiting extradition when he was found dead, police sources told newspaper El Pais.
The newspaper reported McAfee was pulled from his cell in Barcelona and police are investigating the circumstances around his death, reports NYP.
“Everything points to suicide,” the newspaper reported, citing justice department officials in the country. A second Spanish newspaper, El Mundo, also reported McAfee had died by an apparent suicide in the jail.
John McAfee listens during the 4th China Internet Security Conference (ISC) in Beijing.
John McAfee was awaiting extradition when he was found dead.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File
Earlier on Wednesday, the Spanish High Court had agreed to extradite McAfee, who has been charged with a number of federal financial crimes in two districts in the United States.
McAfee was hit with a 10-count indictment in the Western District of Tennessee in October for allegedly evading taxes on millions of dollars in income.
He was arrested by authorities in Spain after the indictment was handed down and has been in custody in the country since.
McAfee, who once had a net worth of over $100M, was only worth $4M at the time of his death.
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