Antivirus magnate John McAfee has been indicted on federal charges related to 'the fraudulent promotion of cryptocurrencies' insider@insider.com (Ben Gilbert) McAfee Antivirus creator John McAfee is being indicted on federal charges for the second time. This indictment is related to "the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies." McAfee faces a variety of charges, and is currently detained in Spain for a prior indictment. Cybersecurity mogul and former presidential candidate John McAfee is facing a variety of charges brought by the US Department of Justice, according to a newly unsealed indictment. McAfee is being charged on a range of offenses, "stemming from two schemes relating to the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies qualifying under federal law as commodities or securities," the DOJ statement published Friday said.