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BARCELONA – John McAfee, an antivirus software creator charged in the United States on fraud charges, was arrested at Barcelona airport, a Spanish police source said on Tuesday.
He was detained on Saturday as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul with a British passport, the source told Reuters, adding that he would be transferred to Madrid, the capital of Spain, to face extradition proceedings.
United States federal prosecutors on Monday unveiled a indictment against McAfee on charges that he evaded taxes and deliberately failed to file returns.
In this file photo taken on August 16, 2016, John McAfee, founder of the antivirus company of the same name, speaks at the China Internet Security Conference in Beijing.
That came shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that it had filed civil charges against McAfee, alleging that he earned more than $ 23.1 million in undisclosed compensation for false and misleading cryptocurrency recommendations.
He is alleged to have made millions in income promoting cryptocurrencies, as well as through consulting work, lectures, and selling the rights to his life story for a documentary.
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