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Meth Labs and Dead Dogs: How the Founder of McAfee Antivirus Went on the Run
- kitcar 14y agoNice title - but by reading the article it seems (McAfee's suspicion) is this more of an issue regarding a rich ex-patriot refusing to bribe a local official in the developing world, then meth labs or dead dogs.
- raverbashing 14y agoVery likely If you know the right people and "give gifts" you'll have no trouble
- patio11 14y agoI would not ordinarily correct a false-cognate spelling mistake but since this one will get you in trouble: Expatriates live abroad, ex-patriots have grown to hate their country. The two sets are very much not coextensive.
- kitcar 14y agoMy mistake, thanks for highlighting this error.
- Pwnguinz 14y agoAll this, just because John McAfee wouldn't drop some coin into the local politician's "campaign coffer"? Either we're not being told the full story even by McAfee, or life in Belize is a real dog (excuse the pun).
- sevenstar 14y agoYes. Taxes. He more than likely would pay a higher percentage to live in a more developed country.
- readme 14y agoIn order to escape the US tax system, you need to renounce your citizenship. Since the article stated that the US embassy helped him get out of jail, I'm going to say he is probably still a citizen, and ergo, not able to dodge taxes.
- sevenstar 14y agoWhatever Western country he may be a citizen of, his "payoff" to the local politician would probably be a lower percentage of his wages compared to paying into another "tax" system.
- DanBC 14y agoEarly working life of McAfee is "interesting" / "weird". Aggressive and perhaps misleading self-promotion and scare-mongering of viruses; the virus ambulance; and perhaps most unpleasant (maybe with benefit of hindsight) was the "HIV free certificated sex club".
- somesaba 14y ago"he’d been rousted from the bed he shared with a 17 year old woman" Umm no...that's a girl not a woman.
- busyant 14y agoagreed. that little nugget of information begs to be fleshed out.
- michael_michael 14y agoApparently the age of consent is 16 in Belize: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Belize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...
- mynameishere 14y agoEh, when an older rich guy moves to a poor country there's never much doubt about his reasons (unless he's genuinely running from the law). Another example http://www.hulu.com/watch/314835/billionaire http://www.hulu.com/watch/314835/billionaire
- 16s 14y agoAnd he's 66... pretty odd. There are plenty of women in their mid twentys if he likes younger chicks.
- mellon 14y agoAnd he was naked...
- JumpCrisscross 14y agoThe age of consent in Belize is 16 [1], the same as in much of the world (and the majority of US states [2]), so legally she is a woman. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Belize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...
- rdl 14y agoBelize is one of the scariest places I've ever been (along with Antigua, on my list of "avoid" in latin america). It is scary because it seems safe on the surface (unlike actual war zones), but is gang ridden right under the surface, and it's really easy to get caught up in it. (friends of friends were murdered in each place, although in Antigua it was due to the offshore gambling industry turf war craziness; in Belize it was just gang bystanders). IMO it is insane that some of the Seasteading people seem to be considering doing anything there.