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Part Two: John McAfee Is Not Funny Anymore

Behind the Bastards

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John McAfee's Suing Showtime for Defamation

There is some evidence that after decades of buying expensive homes and equally expensive lawsuits, as well as however much money it costs to hire Guatemala's best criminal defense attorney. John McAfee was running low on cash at this point. Despite having claimed that he was done with the business world back in like 1999, he signed a deal with MGT, a cybersecurity company to become its CEO. Shares rose 1200% with this announcement. Even after the shares fell because the SEC subpoenaed them was still up like 500% just because it had McAfee's name attached.

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