{"id":39216,"date":"2021-03-19T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T09:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39216"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:29:56","slug":"john-mcafee-says-the-case-against-him-is-an-attack-by-the-us-on-all-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/john-mcafee-says-the-case-against-him-is-an-attack-by-the-us-on-all-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"John McAfee says the case against him is an attack by the US on all cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur John McAfee said that US authorities are using the case against him to crack down on cryptocurrencies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00abThe charges against me are absolutely ridiculous. I am being used as a scapegoat for the US to crackdown on crypto. This is an attack on all crypto. This is purely and simply the truth.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The charges against me are absolutely ridiculous. I am being used as a scapegoat for the US to crackdown on crypto. This is an attack on all crypto. This is purely and simply the truth.<\/p>\n<p>These are my lead attorneys in my pursuit for justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNrwBfb5kT\">https:\/\/t.co\/fNrwBfb5kT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1372548347475689473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He commented on the press release by Gordon Law Group, whose specialists will lead his defense against DOJ charges in Tennessee and New York courts.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Andrew Gordon noted that McAfee&#8217;s case involving criminal tax evasion is one of the first crypto-related cases, \u201cand, undoubtedly, one of the most high-profile cases of its kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charges against the entrepreneur include failure to file tax returns, tax evasion, and securities fraud related to digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the case against McAfee \u201csignifies a turning point in the enforcement of cryptocurrency reporting.\u201d Gordon added that regulation of digital assets remains an evolving area for the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00abMr. McAfee maintains his innocence, and we are ready to persuade the U.S. federal courts,\u00bb said the attorney.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, the entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-says-us-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges-are-overblown\">called the charges<\/a> of fraud &#8220;overblown&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about McAfee&#8217;s unusual life and controversial reputation in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tax-evasion-ico-advertising-and-belize-flight-the-extraordinary-life-of-john-mcafee\">ForkLog feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sec-files-suit-against-john-mcafee-he-has-been-arrested\">arrested<\/a> in Spain in October 2020 by U.S. authorities. McAfee <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-faces-up-to-100-years-in-prison-on-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges\">faces up to 100 years in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur John McAfee said that US authorities are using the case against him to crack down on cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1162,944,26],"class_list":["post-39216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-court-cases","tag-john-mcafee","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39218,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39216\/revisions\/39218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}