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October 06, 2020, 02:08:50 PM |
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Yes the guy is finally arrested. I used to follow him. But once he started bashing Bitcoin, I just un-followed him forgot about him. I just didn't care anymore what the clown had to say about Bitcoin. When I heard the news of his arrest (tax evasion charge) I just couldn't wait to share it with you all  Link: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profit |
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October 06, 2020, 02:16:16 PM |
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I'm definitely not totally against tax evasion(because most governments suck), but I'd probably at least be ever-so-slightly compassionate about his arrest if he didn't pump and dump coins left and right. Dude made A LOT of money taking advantage of his notoriety while dumping on a lot of newbies.
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October 06, 2020, 02:27:36 PM |
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I think a lot of people are going to walk away from this arrest. His famous "I will eat my dick" won him many enemies. And his pump and dump alts more. I don't feel sorry for him.
Wasn't he going to run for president? LOL.
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October 06, 2020, 02:35:23 PM |
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Yes the guy is finally arrested. I used to follow him. But once he started bashing Bitcoin, I just un-followed him forgot about him. I just didn't care anymore what the clown had to say about Bitcoin. When I heard the news of his arrest (tax evasion charge) I just couldn't wait to share it with you all Link: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profitHe may be a clown but he is one of the strongest supports that crypto will ever get. He definitely have pumped and dumped various alt coins for his own benefit but he was always very vocal about the cryptocurrencies and their developmens. It's hard to find another strong supporter of cryptocurrency in recent times. While many people won't give a shit about this news, I am actually sad because he is facing an organized attempt to silent a strong crypto support. |
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October 06, 2020, 03:42:02 PM |
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Imprisonment is a worthy reward for him. In 2017, when cryptocurrencies didn't have much regulation and people blindly invested in projects without much knowledge about them. There are a lot of people who have lost money because of the ICO projects that MC Afee shilling.
I think he would be fined more for tax evasion than lying to investors promoting ICO projects.
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October 06, 2020, 04:50:03 PM |
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As much as I do not support tax evasion, his arrest isn't something good for the crypto community. Although most of his posts and comments on social media are against crypto and their adoption, I believe that his outbursts have actually brought about awareness for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
He has a large follower base on his social media and even though he may not know it, he has actually done more good than harm for the crypto community by making more people aware of bitcoin. It should be noted that awareness precede adoption. Only when people care awareness can we now talk about adoption.
I do hope that he'll be released soon just to help preach the good news of bitcoin and crypto at large to the world
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October 06, 2020, 04:52:55 PM |
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It is a very unfortunate time for John McAfee because he's on the SEC radar for a long time already, so far the TAX evasion case was a named reason for his arrest and maybe soon there will be another case will file against him that was a classic move, from the Government to screw John McAfee to the bottom I think its time for McAfee to spend its Million dollar income from shilling ICO projects to pay a top-caliber lawyer.
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October 06, 2020, 04:53:06 PM |
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McAfee allegedly received BTC and ETH worth more than $11.6 million for promoting seven ICOs in 2017 and 2018. John McAfee was everywhere in ICOs 2017 and 2018. Even a useless token used his name for promotion. The funny thing is it worked! I remember how Bob's Repair got so many campaign participants back then |
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October 06, 2020, 04:59:08 PM |
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The whale was doing some market manipulation... That was a big mistake, all those tweets with his prediction made some damage to the markets. And is crazy to see a guy who made milling with his tokes hitting jail, some projects should be scared now.
I feel like he has enough money to avoid jail, but let's see what happens.
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October 06, 2020, 05:10:51 PM |
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Apparently, he was arrested at Barcelona airport (El Prat) last Saturday, when he was on his way to transfer to Istanbul. A police control in the area of international flights led to his detention, once they found out that he has an Interpol search and capture order on his shoulders, pending immediate extradition to the USA. He was taken to court, after which the magistrate proceeded to send him to jail (a prison called Brians), presumably until they extradite him (or his lawyers manage to squeeze him out somehow). See (in Spanish): https://www.lavanguardia.com/sucesos/20201006/483889290908/john-mcafee-detenido-barcelona-antivirus.html |
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October 06, 2020, 05:16:34 PM |
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The whale was doing some market manipulation... That was a big mistake, all those tweets with his prediction made some damage to the markets. And is crazy to see a guy who made milling with his tokes hitting jail, some projects should be scared now.
I feel like he has enough money to avoid jail, but let's see what happens.
He wasn't a whale, he was just a high profile shill. And we don't know if this tax evasion is crypto related or not, and John McAfee had a lot of trouble with the law long before he became engaged in crypto, so I don't think that other shills and scammers are going to be scared now because of this arrest. If he was arrested specifically for promoting unregulated securities or something, that would be another deal. |
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October 06, 2020, 05:19:39 PM |
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Probably he's just going to bail out.. It is funny how rich people try to evade taxes. They have their life assured, but they don't want to pay taxes. Greed is a powerful emotion, indeed. I mean there are legal ways to postpone taxes. One shouldn't avoid paying taxes just because they think they will be utilized in amoral ways by the government.
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October 06, 2020, 05:36:32 PM |
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Lmao, I've seen this happen dozens of times, a guy making tons of money on questionable schemes, then getting busted fortax evasion. Classic
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October 06, 2020, 05:41:17 PM Merited by nutildah (1), DrG (1) |
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He may be a clown but he is one of the strongest supports that crypto will ever get. He definitely have pumped and dumped various alt coins for his own benefit but he was always very vocal about the cryptocurrencies and their developmens. It's hard to find another strong supporter of cryptocurrency in recent times. Do we really need a scammer who shilled heavily for multiple scam projects to promote bitcoin, we need to get rid of these scammers away from the project as you do not need shilling from these individual to promote bitcoin. While many people won't give a shit about this news, I am actually sad because he is facing an organized attempt to silent a strong crypto support. What about the N number of scam projects he shilled and how many millions of hard earned money were lost to these scammers because a peace of shit promised that it is a legit project and he needs to take responsibility. |
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October 06, 2020, 05:58:31 PM |
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In 2017 John McAfee is one of the most influencers in the crypto market, many coins could go up 100% just because of being mentioned on his twitter.
He has received millions of dollars to advertise such junk coins.
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October 06, 2020, 06:01:27 PM |
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Serves him right. Imagine how greed people can get. Even after making tons of dirty money through shilling, pumping and dumping useless tokens, he still feels the need to evade tax? How i wish such people would just rot in jail.
He may be a clown but he is one of the strongest supports that crypto will ever get. He definitely have pumped and dumped various alt coins for his own benefit but he was always very vocal about the cryptocurrencies and their developmens. It's hard to find another strong supporter of cryptocurrency in recent times.
While many people won't give a shit about this news, I am actually sad because he is facing an organized attempt to silent a strong crypto support.
I hope you are just being sarcastic here. There is no way McAfee is the strongest supporter of crypto. All he does is actually anti crypto and just for personal gains. Tell me how shilling, pumping and dumping shitcoins on newbies is a good thing for crypto? These kinds of acts of scammers masked as "advisors" are in fact doing more damage to crypto adoption. Most of those newbies who lose money due to scam ICOs will never think of using crypto again
John McAfee was everywhere in ICOs 2017 and 2018. Even a useless token used his name for promotion. The funny thing is it worked! I remember how Bob's Repair got so many campaign participants back then And there is at least one more ICO "back by him" that I have seen being advertised around.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5237861 |
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October 06, 2020, 06:03:59 PM |
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Probably he's just going to bail out.. It is funny how rich people try to evade taxes. They have their life assured, but they don't want to pay taxes. Greed is a powerful emotion, indeed. I mean there are legal ways to postpone taxes. One shouldn't avoid paying taxes just because they think they will be utilized in amoral ways by the government.
He gets away most of his crimes, tax evasion could be noting to him when it can all be settled. The richmen in every country had been evading taxes all the time but they can get away with after getting caught. John McAfee had many accusations like hiring a hitman and raping his business partner but still got away with it. Message is sent though and this could just be the start for the people trying to avoid taxes through cryptocurrency. So those who hide in anonymity while evading taxes could be the next?  |
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October 06, 2020, 06:11:53 PM |
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Apparently, he was arrested at Barcelona airport (El Prat) last Saturday, when he was on his way to transfer to Istanbul. A police control in the area of international flights led to his detention, once they found out that he has an Interpol search and capture order on his shoulders, pending immediate extradition to the USA. He was taken to court, after which the magistrate proceeded to send him to jail (a prison called Brians), presumably until they extradite him (or his lawyers manage to squeeze him out somehow). See (in Spanish): https://www.lavanguardia.com/sucesos/20201006/483889290908/john-mcafee-detenido-barcelona-antivirus.htmlJohn McAfee is just a person who uses his reputation to advertise for junk ICOs, many people have lost money because of his word. I still remember that he claimed bitcoin would reach $ 100,000 in 2020, and by now everyone understands that most of his words about the crypto market are a lie. |
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October 06, 2020, 06:38:51 PM |
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With John McAfee being arrested for these criminal charges, I feel bad for YOUC project. Because it seems like they just highlighting and promoting John McAfee supports instead of their project.  Now, people will think that this project (YOUC) is only the same project as the other 7 ICO projects that reported in this article https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profit |
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October 06, 2020, 09:20:58 PM |
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I'm definitely not totally against tax evasion(because most governments suck), but I'd probably at least be ever-so-slightly compassionate about his arrest if he didn't pump and dump coins left and right. Dude made A LOT of money taking advantage of his notoriety while dumping on a lot of newbies.
I'm also not against him in terms of tax evasion because the government don't totally support Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies so paying tax on crypto seems ridiculous to me but we still have to do to avoid future complications. According to be search about his arrest McAfee was not only arrest for tax only cause he was also arrested by SEC for lauding several coins/ICO during the year 2017-2018 which was also the reason you saw him as an opportunist. |
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