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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohnn McAffee & advisor of his cryptocurrency team indicted by @TheJusticeDept for fraud & money lau
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John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
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Mar 5, 2021
BREAKING: Johnn McAffee & advisor of his cryptocurrency team indicted by @TheJusticeDept for fraud & money laundering.
Pump & dump scheme & hyping ICOs without disclosing stakes..
McAffee already detained in Spain. Advisor arrested in Tx.
Source: https://justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/john-david-mcafee-and-executive-adviser-his-cryptocurrency-team-indicted-manhattan
John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
2/ Alleged illicit earnings by @officialmcafee et al:
-$2 million 💵: pump & dump
-$11 million 💵 : promoting altcoin ICOs while concealing stake & compensation for hyping them
Source: https://justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1374171/download
3/ Coins that @officialmcafee & team allegedly pumped & dumped include:
-XVG: Verge
-ETN: Electroneum
-BURST: Burstcoin
-DGB: DigiByte
-RDD: Reddcoin
-HMQ: Humaniq
-TRX: Tron
-DCT: Factom
-DOGE: Dogecoin
-XLM: Stellar Lumen
-SYS: Syscoin
-RCN: Ripio Credit Network
John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
4/ The documents look damming to me (disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer). Tons of incriminating communications..plus @officialmcafee directly misrepresenting whether he is being paid to promote / has a stake in various ICOs.
Source: https://justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1374166/download
5/ At one point @officialmcafee was caught failing to disclose getting compensation..made an incomplete disclosure, then told ppl to promote coins w/out mentioning him.
6/ Let it sink in that "cybersecurity guru" John McAffee was discussing & instructing people to do illegal things...over Twitter DMs & Skype.
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Johnn McAffee & advisor of his cryptocurrency team indicted by @TheJusticeDept for fraud & money lau (Original Post)
soothsayer
Mar 2021
OP
Something told me not to let a Russian company control my computer's security.
Beakybird
Mar 2021
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Beakybird
(3,402 posts)1. Something told me not to let a Russian company control my computer's security.
And then this!
hlthe2b
(114,674 posts)2. The John McAfee that was found responsible for his neighbor's murder & ordered to pay $25 million?
This guy?
John McAfee ordered to pay $25 million over neighbour's murder
Controversial figure insists that he will not pay
https://www.itpro.com/security/33284/john-mcafee-ordered-to-pay-25-million-over-neighbours-murder
The judgement was handed down by a US Federal District judge in Florida, based on a wrongful death lawsuit by Faull's daughter which claims that McAfee paid $5,000 to have Faull killed.
"John McAfee's depraved acts of plotting, financing, and directing Greg's murder reflect that he has absolutely no respect for life or law," Faull's family said in a statement. "Although Greg cannot be replaced, today we are comforted that John McAfee's evil acts have been officially condemned through the power of civil justice."
"The Faull family appreciates the hard work of their attorneys who pursued John McAfee for more than six years working diligently across the United States and in Belize. They further appreciate the cooperation of the Belize government and their police force. We continue to hope and urge the U.S. Department of Justice and the Belize government to pursue a criminal investigation against John McAfee for murder for hire and torture of our beloved Greg."
"John McAfee's depraved acts of plotting, financing, and directing Greg's murder reflect that he has absolutely no respect for life or law," Faull's family said in a statement. "Although Greg cannot be replaced, today we are comforted that John McAfee's evil acts have been officially condemned through the power of civil justice."
"The Faull family appreciates the hard work of their attorneys who pursued John McAfee for more than six years working diligently across the United States and in Belize. They further appreciate the cooperation of the Belize government and their police force. We continue to hope and urge the U.S. Department of Justice and the Belize government to pursue a criminal investigation against John McAfee for murder for hire and torture of our beloved Greg."
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)4. That's him, officer!
NewHendoLib
(61,910 posts)3. continuing to misspell McAfee's name is not too professional. Johnn??
amazed at the general sloppiness on details these days
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)5. I tend to cut tweets some slack
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