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Title: Millionaire on the run .. McAfee Founder
Post by: mrclose on May 26, 2012, 06:45:32 PM
FULL TITLE: Millionaire on the run: How the man who founded software giant McAfee lost his fortune and ended up hiding from police in Belize after they 'rousted him from the bed of a 17-year-old and shot his dog because he's running a meth lab'.

By: Jamie Mcginnes

UK DAILY MAIL

EXCERPT:
  He was the man who made millions by creating one of the world's most successful internet security firms.

John McAfee - co-founder of McAfee - had for many years enjoyed the lavish trappings of wealth afforded by his $100m fortune.

But, in an extraordinary fall from grace, the 66-year-old is today in hiding in Belize after his home was raided for allegedly harbouring illegal drugs and weapons and - according to authorities - running a 'meth lab'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149904/John-McAfee-arrested-Belize-police-claim-running-meth-lab.html
Title: Re: Millionaire on the run .. McAfee Founder
Post by: Kyle Ricky on May 26, 2012, 08:04:30 PM
McAfee wasn't a bad program; until they made it more bloated than Norton. That is an interesting story. I guess being successful wasn't important to him. It makes me think of John DeLorean.
Title: Re: Millionaire on the run .. McAfee Founder
Post by: Zeus on May 26, 2012, 09:42:27 PM
McAfee wasn't a bad program; until they made it more bloated than Norton. That is an interesting story. I guess being successful wasn't important to him. It makes me think of John DeLorean.

The trappings of success must be. Why else transfer all his Wealth to a jurisdiction beyond the reach of US courts.
Title: Re: Millionaire on the run .. McAfee Founder
Post by: Kyle Ricky on May 26, 2012, 10:32:48 PM
The trappings of success must be. Why else transfer all his Wealth to a jurisdiction beyond the reach of US courts.

He could have transferred his money because he knew if he got caught, he might lose it all. If he really cared about his success, he wouldn't have done what he did in the first place.