 And anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the United States to face tax evasion charges. The Catalan Justice Department said medics had tried to resuscitate the 75-year-old, but were not successful. It added that everything indicates McAfee had taken his own life. A controversial figure in the tech world, his company released the first commercial anti-virus software. McAfee virus scan helped to spark a multi-billion-dollar industry in the computer world and was eventually sold to technology giant Intel for more than $7.6 billion. In October 2020, John McAfee was arrested in Spain when he was about to board a plane to Turkey and accused of failing to file tax returns for four years, despite earning millions from consulting work, speaking engagements, cryptocurrencies and selling the rights to his life story. The US Justice Department alleged that McAfee evaded tax liabilities by having his income paid into bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees. Notified about fresh news updates