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US indicts John McAfee for cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports:

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged John McAfee, founder of cybersecurity firm McAfee, and his executive advisor Jimmy Gale Watson Jr for cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering.

In total, McAfee, Watson, and other members of the McAfee Team were able to collect over $13 million from two cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes, according to court documents.

Read more on BleepingComputer.


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