Anti-virus mogul John McAfee charged with fraud over crypto promotion

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McAfee indicted in Manhattan federal court over schemes that promoted cryptocurrency offerings on social media

John McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, has been indicted in Manhattan federal court on fraud and money laundering conspiracy crimes, stemming from two schemes concerning the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies.

 

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He bought crypto, plugged it to his 'large' Twit following and then sold when the price went up Illegal I guess, but I'm struggling to see any moral difference between this and an 'influencer' being paid £x to plug stuff Here's some sh you don't need, more fool you if you buy it

tprstly John boy at it again

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Free Jhon McAfee

Love this guy 😂😂

Thought: You can work your whole life and in the last 5 minutes, not conforming to the mob will scar your legacy till the end of time? Kind of like book burning? Our kids will know of this man as an anti-virus mogul? Can we be real for a minute? These people are humans?

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It's really funny that most anti viruses have to be written in such a way that they themselves become the very thing they were meant to destroy. Not using open source in these times is truly scary prospect.

hahahaha, don't drop the soap theemrsmcafee

But didn't he leave the antivirus firm in the 1990's?

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