Spanish court OKs extradition of antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee to the US
MADRID — Spain’s National Court has approved the extradition of detained antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee to the United States, where he is wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carry a prison sentence of up to 30 years.
The decision can be appealed and the final extradition will
need to be approved by the Spanish Cabinet.
Tennessee prosecutors charged 75-year-old McAfee with
evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting
cryptocurrencies while he did consultancy work, as well as income from speaking
engagements and selling the rights to his life story for a documentary.
The charges refer to the three fiscal years from 2016 to
2018, according to the Spanish court’s ruling on Wednesday.
The entrepreneur was arrested last October at Barcelona’s
international airport. A judge ordered at that time that McAfee should be held
in jail while awaiting the outcome of a hearing on extradition.
In a hearing held via videolink earlier this month, McAfee
argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and said he
would spend the rest of his life in prison if he was returned to the U.S.
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