The pioneer of computer anti-virus software John McAfee has died at 75.

McAfee died by his own hands in his prison cell on Wednesday 23, 2021, in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Barcelona, Spain.

He hanged himself after his extradition to the US was authorized by the Spanish High Court.

The founder of McAfee anti-virus, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and was wanted in Tennessee for tax evasion charges.

He was also wanted in New York where he was charged with crypto-currency fraud.

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McAfee was arrested in Spain in October 2020 as he was about to board a plane to Turkey.

He was accused of failing to file 4-years tax returns even though he had earned millions from speaking engagements, selling the rights to his story, crypto-currencies and consulting work. 

According to his lawyer Javier Villalba, the technology entrepreneur was jailed in Barcelona for about nine 9 months and still had opportunities to appeal his conviction,

However, he said that his client could not stand more time in jail, therefore, opted to end his life. 

Villalba blamed the system for the outcome of the whole incident. 

"This is the result of a cruel system that had no reason to keep this man in jail for so long," Villalba said.