John McAfee, the founder and creator of McAfee, the famous antivirus software was found dead in his Spanish prison cell on Wednesday. The 75-year-old pioneered the antivirus software industry with his revolutionary antivirus software. After making a fortune in the antivirus empire, he resigned in 1994. After that, he became a self-proclaimed programmer and cryptocurrency enthusiast. He even briefly contested as a Libertarian Party candidate for president in 2016.
McAfee had been accused of not filing taxes and was arrested in Barcelona’s international airport in October. This led to him being imprisoned, and he has been serving sentence since then.
In light of all of this, it has now been revealed that he has been found dead in Spain’s Barcelona. The Spanish Interior Ministry also confirmed the death, after his lawyer informed the media. The Mossos d’Esquadra, the local police in the Spanish region of Catalonia, where McAfee was held, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US Department of Justice also did not respond.
It is to be noted that he had recently filed a petition to be extradited to the US, for which there was an ongoing case. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that a Spanish court had ruled in favour of his extradition to the U.S. just hours before he was found dead.
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