The founder of antivirus software company McAfee reportedly committed suicide in his cell at a Spanish prison.
John McAfee took his own life in a prison cell in Barcelona on Wednesday, hours after his extradition to the U.S. was approved.
McAfee, a multi-millionaire, was accused of income tax evasion by the IRS.
The tech innovator died hours after the Spanish High Court approved his removal to the United States, the Associated Press reported.
McAfee was arrested at Barcelona airport in October 2020. He fled there from the U.S. to avoid income tax evasion charges.
McAfee reportedly told Spanish authorities he was being targeted for political reasons.
The AP reports he still had the opportunity to appeal the Spanish High Court’s decision to deport him.
McAfee founded the software company in 1987, and the company was purchased by Intel in February 2011.
In 2014 at a convention in Las Vegas, Intel said it was phasing out the McAfee name and replacing it with “Intel Security Group.”
McAfee released a drug-fueled video in which he uninstalled McAfee from a computer and claimed to have the ability to block NSA surveillance.
He told the BBC he was grateful that he was no longer associated with “the worst software on the planet.”
