The court's decision could have been appealed and the maximum sentence McAfee was facing for tax evasion charges in the US was five years in prison, according to the court document. ... He was sent there on October 4, 2020, when he was arrested by the National Police after US prosecutors accused McAfee of tax evasion.

What was McAfee in prison for?

Antivirus software founder John McAfee was found dead in a prison cell in Spain on Wednesday, McAfee's lawyer said. ... McAfee was arrested in October 2020 in Spain for failing to file tax returns from 2014 to 2018 in Tennessee and concealing assets, including a yacht. I have not filed a tax return for 8 years.

Why was John McAfee in a Spanish prison?

McAfee was arrested last October at the international airport in Barcelona on the tax evasion charges, which are pending in federal court in Tennessee, and which carry a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison.