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And here's the Cliff's Notes:

2004: McAfee sells his entire stake in his antivirus company for something like $100 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/business/economy/21inequal...

2004: He starts building a compound in New Mexico for aerotrekking, i.e. flying ultralight aircraft. http://www.desertexposure.com/200711/200711_mcafee_icarus.ph...

2006: His nephew dies in an aerotrekking accident.

2007: He's getting major press coverage for his aerotrekking and his band of "Sky Gypsies". http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/aerotrekking...

2009: The financial crash supposedly wipes out most of his wealth, reducing his net worth to $4 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/business/economy/21inequal...

2010: He relocates to Belize. He is supposedly studying quorum-sensing in rainforest plants with a brilliant young doctor. http://www.fastcompany.com/1615167/plagued-lawsuits-mcafee-f...

May 2012: McAfee's house is raided and he's charged with running a meth-lab and possessing illegal firearms. Than the charges are dropped. But he goes on the run for a few days anyway. http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/meth-labs-and-dead-dogs-how...

8 November 2012: Oops! Turns out he moved to Belize and planted the rumor that he lost 96% of his wealth to avoid possible damages in case he loses the civil lawsuits against him in the US related to his nephew's death. Oh, and now he hangs out with known gangsters. http://gizmodo.com/5958877/secrets-schemes-and-lots-of-guns-...

12 November 2012: McAfee is wanted in connection with the murder of his neighbor. http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder



That would explain why he wouldn't be so eager to get back to the US now. Thanks!


Oops! Turns out he moved to Belize and planted the rumor...

Bravo, McAfee, bravo. That's straight out of a movie right there.


TIL some people actually trust this tribe of neanderthals: http://gizmodo.com/about/


As opposed to trusting a tattooed dude with a shotgun?


Gizmodo and its parent company have a documented history of ethical slips. A tattooed guy with a shotgun isn't inherently unethical or guilty, in my mind. But I don't watch a lot of TV or movies, so I'm weak in the stereotyping department.


He looks exactly like a kind of person who would make trouble. Not saying that he did, we know looks can be deceptive. Just pointing out that ad hominem argument here can fly both ways.




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