{"id":44510,"date":"2021-06-17T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=44510"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:16:18","slug":"john-mcafee-says-all-cryptocurrency-holdings-have-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/john-mcafee-says-all-cryptocurrency-holdings-have-vanished\/","title":{"rendered":"John McAfee says all cryptocurrency holdings have vanished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entrepreneur John McAfee, detained in a Spanish prison, said that nothing remains of his cryptocurrency holdings and all other assets have been seized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <\/p>\n<p>I have nothing. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, I regret nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1405178506712174593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abThe US believes I hid cryptocurrency. I wish I did, but it dissolved through the many hands of my team, and all other assets have been seized. My friends evaporated from fear of association. I have nothing. But I regret nothing\u00bb, wrote McAfee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sec-files-suit-against-john-mcafee-he-has-been-arrested\">was arrested in October 2020<\/a> in Spain at the request of U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, McAfee <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-faces-up-to-100-years-in-prison-on-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges\">was charged with fraud and money laundering<\/a>. The maximum penalty on seven counts could be up to 100 years in prison. The entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-says-us-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges-are-overblown\">called<\/a> the legal claims &#8220;overblown&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the extradition hearing in court, McAfee said that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-says-u-s-charges-against-him-are-politically-motivated\">the charges against him are politically motivated<\/a>. Prosecutor Carlos Bautista rejected his claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abHe is a tax rebel and nothing more. A millionaire who does not want to pay taxes. He will receive all the guarantees of due process,\u00bb Bautista said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As reported, McAfee <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-says-the-case-against-him-is-an-attack-by-the-us-on-all-cryptocurrencies\">believes<\/a> that the case against him is being used by U.S. authorities to crack down on all cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entrepreneur John McAfee, detained in a Spanish prison, said that nothing remains of his cryptocurrency holdings and all other assets have been seized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44511,"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":[944],"class_list":["post-44510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-john-mcafee"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44510","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=44510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44512,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44510\/revisions\/44512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}