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by morelisp 1822 days ago
McAfee himself said it was a financial move at the time. https://www.fastcompany.com/1615167/plagued-lawsuits-mcafee-...

(You're roughly correct about the circumstances - his nephew was illegally piloting and crashed a plane killing himself and the passenger in McAfee's low-altitude flight program.)