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"McAfee is being detained in Spain on separate criminal charges filed by the Justice Department’s tax division, the department said." How many times has McAfee

"McAfee is being detained in Spain on separate criminal charges filed by the Justice Department’s tax division, the department said." How many times has McAfee left USA and returned because he has been charged of a crime?

giarc 6y ago
From the Axios article [1], "He also fled his home in Belize in 2012 and became a fugitive in a murder case." https://www.axios.com/john-mcafee-indicted-cryptocurrency-cebc4b72-376d-4ea4-8c5d-3122067b004d.html https://www.axios.com/john-mcafee-indicted-cryptocurrency-ce...
- dfsegoat 6y ago
  Yes. I know someone that knew the victim on the island. McAfee is really who is suspected by the local community, because they had frequent disagreements about property boundaries, if memory serves. Funny aside, McAfee also donated a bunch of malware infected laptops to the Belizean Govt and police force: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/07/john-mcafee-infected-laptops/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/07/john-mcafee-infe...
  - duskwuff 6y ago
    > Funny aside, McAfee also donated a bunch of malware infected laptops to the Belizean Govt and police force It's even worse than you make it sound. He planted remote access software on the laptops so he could spy on the police. This isn't just a couple of copies of Bonzi Buddy we're talking about here.
    - vkou 6y ago
      This is amazing chutzpah, and I hope that it ends up a minor plot point in the next Neal Stephenson novel.
  - filoleg 6y ago
    >McAfee is really who is suspected by the local community, because they had frequent disagreements about property boundaries I have recently watched a documentary on him, and it goes even beyond that. One of the people in his entourage was a known local gang member (just like majority of people in McAfee's entourage), and he was seen leaving the residence of the murdered person on the night of the murder occurring at the time after the murder has already happened iirc. They had interviews with that person too, and he pretty much said as much as one can say to admit they did it without actually admitting it.
- mc32 6y ago
  Yeah I’m not sure about that one. I’m sure he wasn’t squeaky clean, but it looks like they framed him on that one.
Igelau 6y ago
Him, Hans Reiser, Ugueth Urbina are somehow all the same person in my memory. I get their details mixed up a lot.

giarc 6y ago

From the Axios article [1], "He also fled his home in Belize in 2012 and became a fugitive in a murder case." https://www.axios.com/john-mcafee-indicted-cryptocurrency-cebc4b72-376d-4ea4-8c5d-3122067b004d.html https://www.axios.com/john-mcafee-indicted-cryptocurrency-ce...

dfsegoat 6y ago
Yes. I know someone that knew the victim on the island. McAfee is really who is suspected by the local community, because they had frequent disagreements about property boundaries, if memory serves. Funny aside, McAfee also donated a bunch of malware infected laptops to the Belizean Govt and police force: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/07/john-mcafee-infected-laptops/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/07/john-mcafee-infe...
- duskwuff 6y ago
  > Funny aside, McAfee also donated a bunch of malware infected laptops to the Belizean Govt and police force It's even worse than you make it sound. He planted remote access software on the laptops so he could spy on the police. This isn't just a couple of copies of Bonzi Buddy we're talking about here.
  - vkou 6y ago
    This is amazing chutzpah, and I hope that it ends up a minor plot point in the next Neal Stephenson novel.
- filoleg 6y ago
  >McAfee is really who is suspected by the local community, because they had frequent disagreements about property boundaries I have recently watched a documentary on him, and it goes even beyond that. One of the people in his entourage was a known local gang member (just like majority of people in McAfee's entourage), and he was seen leaving the residence of the murdered person on the night of the murder occurring at the time after the murder has already happened iirc. They had interviews with that person too, and he pretty much said as much as one can say to admit they did it without actually admitting it.
mc32 6y ago
Yeah I’m not sure about that one. I’m sure he wasn’t squeaky clean, but it looks like they framed him on that one.

Igelau 6y ago

Him, Hans Reiser, Ugueth Urbina are somehow all the same person in my memory. I get their details mixed up a lot.