John McAfee, Jimmy Gale Watson Jr. face additional federal charges related to alleged cryptocurrency schemes. McAfee already faces federal tax evasion charges for allegedly using his vast social media following to run cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed civil charges against McAfee and Watson for promoting virtual coin offerings without disclosing that they held substantial financial stakes in these currencies. The most serious of the charges, substantive wire fraud, carries a potential 20-year federal prison sentence, prosecutors say.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/john-mcafee-charged-cryptocurrency-fraud-a-16139