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Antivirus software tycoon John McAfee died by an apparent suicide in a Spanish jail cell Wednesday evening — hours after reports surfaced that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the U.S., according to local media.
The eccentric tech entrepreneur was arrested in October and was awaiting extradition when he was found dead, police sources reportedly told the newspaper El País.
The Spanish newspaper reported that McAfee was pulled from his cell in Barcelona and that police are investigating the circumstances around his death.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Spanish High Court had agreed to extradite McAfee, who has been charged with a number of federal financial crimes in two districts in the United States.
McAfee was hit with a 10-count indictment in the Western District of Tennessee in October for allegedly evading taxes on millions of dollars in income.
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He was also charged in a separate indictment in Manhattan federal court in March for a pump and dump scheme involving cryptocurrencies that he was touting on social media.
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