John McAfee arrested, indicted on tax evasion charges, sued for fraud

Enlarge / John McAfee gesticulating on his yacht outside Havana, Cuba, during an interview with AFP in June 2019. (credit: Adalberto Roque | AFP | Getty Images)

Noted cybersecurity eccentric John McAfee is under arrest in Spain awaiting extradition to the United States after being indicted on federal tax evasion charges.

The Department of Justice unsealed the indictment (PDF) yesterday following McAfee's arrest by Spanish authorities at Barcelona's airport over the weekend.

The filing alleges that McAfee deliberately not only avoided paying federal taxes from tax years 2014 through 2018 but also tried to hide considerable assets from the IRS. He allegedly hid those assets-including a yacht, a vehicle, real estate, bank accounts, and cryptocurrency-by purchasing and titling them under "the name of a nominee."

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