The "McAfee scandal" broadly refers to the eccentric, turbulent, and legally controversial life of company founder John McAfee after he resigned from the antivirus firm in the 1990s. Over subsequent decades, his public profile was plagued by eccentric behavior, legal troubles regarding tax evasion, cryptocurrency promotions, and his eventual arrest in Spain followed by his death in a prison cell in 2021, all of which heavily detached the corporate entity's modern identity from its founder.