McAfee Founder Arrested In Spain And Accused Of Tax Evasion : NPR


John McAfee gives a speech in August 2016 at a Beijing conference. McAfee has been arrested on tax evasion charges in Spain.
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John McAfee gives a speech in August 2016 at a Beijing conference. McAfee has been arrested on tax evasion charges in Spain.
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Computer antivirus pioneer John McAfee tweeted last year that he hadn’t filed a tax return in eight years.
It was OK, he explained. He was “done making money.” His “net income is negative.”
“Taxation is illegal,” he said.
Now McAfee has been arrested in Spain on tax evasion charges. The U.S. Justice Department has accused him of failing to file tax returns from 2014 to 2018 despite making millions, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
He is accused of making money from “promoting crypto-currencies,