Infamous Bitcoin proponent John McAfee could possibly be hiding in some underground residence, or a secluded island and away from public view. He might nonetheless be alive.
Samantha Herrera, the previous girlfriend of McAfee – who’s well-known for growing an anti-virus software program in his identify – claims he didn’t perish behind bars however escaped and is now dwelling in the US.
A brand new Netflix documentary entitled “Operating with the Satan: The Wild World of John McAfee,” investigates the turbulent life and unusual dying of McAfee, together with Herrera’s assertion that he’s nonetheless alive and hiding in Texas.
The Mysterious Demise Of A Bitcoin Superfan
Herrera maintains that McAfee didn’t commit suicide by hanging whereas awaiting extradition in a Spanish jail, however as a substitute escaped.
“John known as me from Texas after his dying,” Herrera recounted. She says that McAfee begged her to flee with him and instructed her that solely three individuals on earth knew he was nonetheless alive.
“It’s I, John” Herrera says within the Netflix documentary. McAfee, she stated, bribed individuals to faux that he’s lifeless, “however truly, he’s not,” she stated.
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McAfee’s stays are reportedly being saved in a morgue someplace in Spain. Nonetheless, Herrera’s claims had been unconfirmed since her narrative got here out on the web.
Herrera stated that she and McAfee, who was residing in San Pedro, Belize, started relationship when she was 18 and supposed to get married.
After the mysterious dying of his Florida next-door neighbor, Gregory Faull, the 2 fled the nation in 2012.
The Netflix documentary, which premieres on August 24, is directed by Bafta-winning filmmaker Charlie Russell and takes a deep look into McAfee’s turbulent background via a mix of unedited footage and interviews.
McAfee Stated He Would Eat His D*ick
In the course of the ICO period, John McAfee’s eccentric conduct made him a star of kinds throughout the Bitcoin business.
He launched two preliminary coin choices (ICOs) and developed what he known as an “unhackable” Bitcoin pockets.
A former U.S. presidential contender and then-fugitive, McAfee was one in all many who purchased into the Bitcoin frenzy in 2017.
When requested whether or not or not he thought one Bitcoin can be price $500,000 in three years, McAfee famously stated:
“if not, I’ll eat my dick on public tv.”
Nicely, after Bitcoin didn’t hit half one million {dollars}, McAfee didn’t actually do what he stated he would do along with his non-public half. And that “unhackable” Bitcoin pockets was nearly instantly hacked proper after launch.
In the meantime, Russell instructed Esquire:
“I don’t know what I believe, and I don’t imagine she does both… she says that, then seems on the digicam, and I can’t inform if she believes it’s true or not. She was fairly indignant with John.”
Is John McAfee nonetheless on the market alive and kicking?
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