Software entrepreneur John McAfee charged with tax evasion

McAfee has been charged with evading taxes after failing to report income (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News/AP)

Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been charged with evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he did consulting work, prosecutors in Tennessee said.

An indictment charging McAfee with tax evasion also alleges he made “considerable income” from speaking engagements and the sale the rights to his life story for a documentary.