The US has charged antivirus magnate John McAfee for cryptocurrency promotion fraud
Mar 05, 2021, 09:19 PM
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McAfee Antivirus creator John McAfee is being indicted in the US for a second time.
This indictment is related to "the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies."
McAfee faces a variety of charges, and is currently detained in Spain for a prior indictment.
Cybersecurity mogul and former US presidential candidate John McAfee is facing a variety of charges brought by the American Department of Justice, according to a newly unsealed indictment.
McAfee is being charged on a range of offences, "stemming from two schemes relating to the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies qualifying under federal law as commodities or securities," the DOJ statement published Friday said.