John McAfee dead latest – 'Epstein-like conspiracy theories' surge as software guru's autopsy may take 'days or weeks'

BELIZEAN PRIME MINISTER CALLS MCAFEE 'BONKERS'

In 2012, McAfee was sought for questioning in connection with the murder of his neighbor in Belize, but was never charged with a crime.

He later claimed he had been forced to flee because Belize authorities were trying to kill him.

Then-Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed doubts about McAfee's mental state, saying: "I don't want to be unkind to the gentleman, but I believe he is extremely paranoid, even bonkers."

MCAFEE AND BODYGUARD CHARGED TOGETHER

McAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr were charged for a scheme to exploit McAfee's large Twitter following by publicly touting cryptocurrency offerings and digital tokens that they later sold once prices rose on the promotions, according to the US Department of Justice and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

But a week before his death, McAfee tweeted that he no digital currency assets squirrelled away.

He said: "The US believes I have hidden crypto. 

"I wish I did but it has dissolved through the many hands of Team McAfee (your belief is not required), and my remaining assets are all seized. 

"My friends evaporated through fear of association. I have nothing. Yet, I regret nothing."

MCAFEE WAS HEAVILY INVESTED IN BITCOIN

In November 2017 he wrote: “When I predicted Bitcoin at $500,000 by the end of 2020, it used a model that predicted $5,000 at the end of 2017.

“BTC has accelerated much faster than my model assumptions. I now predict Bircoin [sic] at $1 million by the end of 2020. I will still eat my d*** if wrong.”

That year he was asked by a twitter user: "So 1btc 500k $ within 3 years?" and he replied: "If not, I will eat my d*** on national television."

But then seeming to go back on his word in 2020 he then wrote: "Eat my d*** in 12 months? A ruse to onboard new users. It worked.

"Bitcoin was first. It's an ancient technology. All know it.

"Newer blockchains have privacy, smart contracts, distributed apps and more. Bitcoin is our future?

"Was the Model T the future of the automobile?"

MCAFEE'S INSTAGRAM DELETED AFTER POSTING 'Q'

The antivirus pioneer reportedly hanged himself ahead of his extradition to the United States, and 30 minutes after news of his death broke, McAfee's Instagram uploaded a photo of the letter Q.

However, less than 24 hours after his death, McAfee's Instagram page appeared to be deleted.

It is unclear whether the page was removed by an individual in charge of the account, or by Instagram itself.

The Sun has reached out to Instagram, but they did not immediately respond to comment.