Fact check: No evidence John McAfee owned unit in partially collapsed Florida condo
Conspiracy theorists are attempting to connect the death of antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee to the Florida high-rise building that partially collapsed on June 24.
McAfee was found dead June 23 in a Spanish prison, where he was awaiting extradition to the United States on criminal tax evasion charges. He was 75 years old.
The next day, a condominium in Surfside, Florida, collapsed, resulting in at least four deaths and more than 150 missing people.
The two events are unrelated, but some social media users say there's a nefarious connection.
"John McAfee owned a unit at the building that collapsed. The address of the building was 8777 Collins Avenue South," reads text in a June 25 Instagram post.
Below the text is a screenshot of a purported June 8 tweet from McAfee that reads: "If anything ever happens to me, please know that the 31TB (terabytes) of files I have are located on hard drives in my condo near 88th Street and Collins Avenue just north of Miami Beach."
Our rating: False
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