
Antivirus software creator charged with cheating investors
Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee is charged with fraud and money laundering conspiracy crimes in a newly unsealed indictment in New YorkBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated PressMarch 5, 2021, 11:15 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleNEW YORK -- Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee was indicted on fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges alleging that he and cohorts made over $ 13 million by fooling investors zealous over the emerging cryptocurrency market, authorities said Friday.McAfee, 75, was charged in a newly unsealed indictment in Manhattan federal court along with Jimmy Gale Watson Jr., who served as an executive adviser on what prosecutors described as McAfee's “so-called cryptocurrency team.”Prosecutors said Watson, 40, was arrested ...