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United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew’s Plaza
New York, New York
BY ECF AND EMAIL
Honorable Lorna G. Schofield
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, New York
June 24,
Re: United States v. John D. McAfee et al., 21 Cr. 138 (LGS)
Dear Judge Schofield:
The Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (this
“Office”) respectfully submits this letter to inform the Court that defendant John David McAfee
was reportedly found dead yesterday in his jail cell in Spain.
McAfee had been detained in Spain since October 2020 on criminal tax charges filed by
the United States Department of Justice’s Tax Division in the Western District of Tennessee.
Earlier this year, this Office separately unsealed the above-referenced Indictment charging
McAfee and a co-defendant with various fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering
conspiracy offenses stemming from fraudulent cryptocurrency promotion schemes, and
commenced the process of requesting that McAfee be extradited from Spain for criminal
prosecution in this case in the Southern District of New York.
This Office, through other components of the United States Government including the
Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, is in the process of requesting from Spain a
certificate of death or other proof of McAfee’s death, as well as information about the cause of his
death.
Respectfully submitted,
AUDREY STRAUSS
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
by: ___/s_____________________________________
Samson Enzer / Elizabeth Hanft / Kiersten Fletcher
Assistant United States Attorneys
212-637-2342 / -2334 / -cc: All Counsel of Record
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U.S. Department of Justice
[Type text]
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew’s Plaza
New York, New York 10007
BY ECF AND EMAIL
Honorable Lorna G. Schofield
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
June 24, 2021
Re: United States v. John D. McAfee et al., 21 Cr. 138 (LGS)
Dear Judge Schofield:
The Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (this
“Office”) respectfully submits this letter to inform the Court that defendant John David McAfee
was reportedly found dead yesterday in his jail cell in Spain.
McAfee had been detained in Spain since October 2020 on criminal tax charges filed by
the United States Department of Justice’s Tax Division in the Western District of Tennessee.
Earlier this year, this Office separately unsealed the above-referenced Indictment charging
McAfee and a co-defendant with various fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering
conspiracy offenses stemming from fraudulent cryptocurrency promotion schemes, and
commenced the process of requesting that McAfee be extradited from Spain for criminal
prosecution in this case in the Southern District of New York.
This Office, through other components of the United States Government including the
Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, is in the process of requesting from Spain a
certificate of death or other proof of McAfee’s death, as well as information about the cause of his
death.
Respectfully submitted,
AUDREY STRAUSS
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
by: ___/s_____________________________________
Samson Enzer / Elizabeth Hanft / Kiersten Fletcher
Assistant United States Attorneys
212-637-2342 / -2334 / -2238
cc: All Counsel of Record