Mike Lynch, Tech Entrepreneur, One of Seven Missing After Bayesian Yacht Sinks Off Sicily – WSJ

Lynch was charged in 2018 by the U.S. government, which alleged that he and his lieutenants had used false and misleading documents to make the business-software maker more attractive to a potential purchaser. He unsuccessfully fought extradition to the U.S.

Lynch was acquitted of criminal charges in June, ending the nearly 13-year saga. Lynch declared afterward that he was elated and looking forward to returning to what he loved, my family and innovating in my field.

Another Autonomy executive, former finance chief Stephen Chamberlain, was also acquitted of fraud charges. Chamberlain was fatally struck by a car in the U.K. on Saturday while out running.

Lynch in recent years has been running Invoke Capital, a venture-capital firm focused on European technology. One of its investments was in a firm called Darktrace, which uses artificial intelligence to detect cyberattacks. The company went public in 2021 and is now valued at more than $4 billion.

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This is an extremely weird story. Besides the Lynch’s yacht being sunk by a freak water spout, there is also Autonomy’s former finance chief being fatally struck by a car on Saturday while he was out running. What are the odds? Lynch would know.