During this weekend, the controversial and controversial creator of the McAfee antivirus, John McAfee, was arrested by Spanish authorities in Barcelona, after the United States Department of Justice accused of tax evasion and committing tax fraud.
John McAfee, 75 years old and creator of the famous antivirus McAfee, will be extradited to the United States to face charges of tax evasion and tax fraud before the Department of Justice (DOJ) of that country. The Spanish authorities arrested McAfee in Barcelona in compliance with a order international arrest warrant issued by the DOJ. According to the government entity's accusations, John obtained millions of dollars in income from negotiations with cryptocurrencies, and digital assets, in addition to the provision of other services such as consulting, conferences and the sale of the rights to his life story for the documentary "Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee", produced by the Showtime television channel. However, the eccentric millionaire did not declare his taxes as required by law.
The United States Department of Justice notes that from 2014 to 2018, McAfee did not file tax returns, despite receiving quite considerable income from the aforementioned activities. Therefore, the DOJ accuses McAfee of evading his tax responsibilities as a taxpayer and committing tax fraud by intentionally trying to evade the US government. The authority also points out that the accusations are directed directly at John and have no relationship with the security and antivirus company that bears his name.
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23 million dollars in taxes
McAfee's debt to US authorities amounts to about $23,1 million in taxes, according to a statement issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which reported that McAfee was involved in cryptocurrency fraud cases during the crypto boom ICO (Initial Coin Offering) between 2017 and 2018. Given all this, the authorities will extradite McAfee to the United States, where he could face a sentence of up to 5 years in prison for each of the charges of which he is accused, in addition to the monetary sanctions imposed by the authority.
“If convicted, MCAfee faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for each count of tax evasion and a maximum sentence of one year in prison for each count of failing to file a tax return.”
William Guappone, of the Tax Division, and the Assistant Federal Attorneys Matthew Wilson y Damon Griffin They are the lawyers who are prosecuting the case against McAfee. At the moment, the Department of Justice presents accusations against McAfee, whom it presumes has committed crimes. However, as the authority indicates, “the accused is innocent until his guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”
John McAfee, controversial, eccentric and billionaire
This is not the first time McAfee has been detained by authorities. Recently, the controversial, eccentric and 75-year-old billionaire was under arrest at the airport in Germany after flouting the health regulations imposed by the pandemic and using a thong as a mask. John McAfee posted the incident on his official Twitter account.
Likewise, McAfee has been under arrest in the past for illegal possession of weapons, manufacturing illicit medications, and for allegedly being involved in the murder of a neighbor in Belize, where he lived with a 17-year-old girl. The life of this eccentric character changed since he amassed a great fortune with the creation of the famous McAfee antivirus, which to this day bears his name.
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