Spain arrests software creator John McAfee

TDT | agencies

Spanish authorities arrested Anti-virus software creator John McAfee at Barcelona airport over tax evasion charges in the United States.

Officers took into custody the 75-year-old on Saturday as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul.
He is awaiting extradition to the United States, AFP quoting a Spanish police source said.

The arrest comes a day after US prosecutors released an indictment against McAfee for allegedly failing to report income made from promoting crypto-currencies, making speaking engagements, consultancy work and selling the rights to his life story for a TV documentary. 

The indictment, which was issued in June but only unsealed on Monday, said McAfee failed to file tax returns from 2014 to 2018, despite receiving "considerable income" from several sources.

He is also accused of evading the US tax office by concealing assets, including real estate, a yacht and a car, by putting them in the name of others.

US officials issued an arrest warrant through Interpol and have asked for his extradition, according to Spanish police.
Since making a fortune with his eponymous antivirus software in the 1980s that still bears his name, McAfee has become a self-styled crypto-currency guru, claiming to make $2,000 a day. He has nearly one million followers on Twitter.