John McAfee, the 75-year-old founder of software company McAfee, was found dead on Wednesday, hanging in his Spanish prison cell.
Law enforcement authorities in Barcelona say that "everything points to suicide," according to local news outlet El Pais.
The news comes just hours after the Spanish High Court ruled he would be extradited to the United States to face penalties for a number of federal financial crimes.
McAfee was arrested in Spain in October 2020 following the Western District of Tennessee's announcement of a 10-count indictment for skipping out on millions in incomes taxes from 2014 to 2018.
He was also charged in a Manhattan federal court earlier this year for his alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme.
Reuters previously reported that McAfee claimed the federal tax evasion charges against him were politically motivated.
McAfee sold his self-named company to Intel in 2011.
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