: McAfee founder dies by suicide in prison after Spanish court allows extradition to US #IndiaNEWS British-born technology entrepreneur John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday,

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McAfee founder dies by suicide in prison after Spanish court allows extradition to US #IndiaNEWS
British-born technology entrepreneur John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States, where he was wanted for tax evasion, AFP reported.His lawyer, Javier Villalba, said he died by hanging himself as his nine months in prison brought him to despair, Reuters reported. McAfee, 75, was best known for launching the world’s first antivirus software in 1987.McAfee was detained at the Barcelona airport on October 3 when he was about to board a flight to Istanbul with a British passport. For years, he had been on the run from United States authorities after being indicted in Tennessee on tax evasion charges and in a cryptocurrency fraud case in New York.Earlier on Wednesday, Spain’s National Court had approved his extradition to the US. If convicted, he could have faced up to 30 years in prison.During a court hearing last month, McAfee had said that given his age, he would spend the rest of his life in jail if convicted in the US. “I am hoping that the Spanish court will see the injustice of this,� he had said. “The United States wants to use me as an example.�McAfee still had opportunities to appeal his conviction but could...Read more

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