John McAfee Scandals

The cluster consists of comments criticizing John McAfee as a con artist, fraudster, drug-addled criminal involved in scams, tax evasion, crypto shilling, and serious allegations like murder and rape.

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profstasiak Jan 16, 2025 View on HN

can you write a bit about how he is a con artist?

weare138 Jun 23, 2021 View on HN

This. The guy was just some drug-addled tech industry has been that shilled crypto scams and dodged his taxes. I think all those bathsalts were making him paranoid.

greatpostman Jan 15, 2023 View on HN

This guy has been shown to be borderline fraudulent and motivated by money

Spooky23 Dec 13, 2022 View on HN

The guy is a thief who defrauded millions. His hubris is what got him in this situation.

ashtonkem Jan 10, 2021 View on HN

I’d argue that he’s not stupid, I would argue that he is genuinely unwell. His private behavior, documented in a lawsuit by his former associates, paints a picture of a man whose behavior in private is as dangerous and unhinged as his current public behavior is. He called himself the second coming of Jesus in a private email, allegedly.He is another case of a public figure that would’ve gotten positive coverage in the history books if he’d had the good fortune to die a while ago. Him and Giul

18monthsin Nov 9, 2019 View on HN

Excellent idea, he's frequently in the news being accused of all kinds of nefarious acts. Donyou want in?

unimportant Jan 22, 2015 View on HN

He was a professional conman (before he made money with mega by actively pushing pirated content) known for making false claims, so be weary about the reliability of his encryption claims.

killjoywashere Mar 17, 2018 View on HN

That guy's wikipedia page screams fraud. I would just be careful, iiwy.

hsjqllzlfkf Aug 25, 2023 View on HN

Well. Enjoy your jail time I guess.Edit: looking into this guy and the volume of illegal stories he tells, I'm convinced that his real gig is being an "influencer".

sn0w_crash Nov 15, 2022 View on HN

This is a person who scammed millions of people and boasted about it as it was happening.Their “ideas” on social justice and everything else they have to say should be questionable at best, and intentionally misleading at worst.I would encourage you to find role models who are more than just good at distracting people from their criminal activities.