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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Billy_McFarlandBilly McFarland - Wikipedia

    Billy McFarland. William Zervakos McFarland (born December 11, 1991) is an American businessman whose enterprises have been characterized by fraud. He has served time in prison for financial crimes related to Fyre Festival, having defrauded investors of $27.4 million. [1] Vanity Fair describes him as "the poster boy for millennial scamming".

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  3. www.nytimes.com › billy-mcfarland-releaseBilly McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move

    Sep 10, 2022 · Billy McFarland, who now lives in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. He spent close to four years in prison after defrauding investors and duping attendees of the ill-fated Fyre ...

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  4. www.npr.org › 2023/08/24 › 1195569809Is Fyre Festival II Billy McFarland's chance to pay ... - NPR

    Aug 24, 2023 · Billy McFarland, pictured in 2018, said he's relaunching the infamous Fyre Festival in response to "interest and demand" in his ability "to bring people from around the world together to make the ...

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  6. www.usatoday.com › story › entertainmentBilly McFarland released: Fyre Festival fraudster out of ...

    May 19, 2022 · Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland, the admitted fraudster in the failed festival, has been released from federal prison custody and moved into a halfway house Wednesday, his lawyer says ...

  7. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsOrganizer of failed Fyre Festival is released early from ...

    May 19, 2022 · Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, leaves federal court in New York on March 6, 2018, after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges.

  8. www.cbsnews.com › news › billy-mcfarland-sentencedFyre Festival founder sentenced to 6 years in prison, judge ...

    Oct 12, 2018 · Billy McFarland, 26, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He had admitted to defrauding investors of $26 million in the 2017 Fyre Festival and over $100,000 in a fraudulent ticket ...

  9. www.kpcw.org › npr-news › npr-newsBilly McFarland went to prison for Fyre Fest. Are his plans ...

    Aug 24, 2023 · The spectacular failure of the Fyre Festival in 2017 revealed widespread fraud by creator Billy McFarland, who ended up in a federal prison for four years after bilking investors and ticket buyers out of more than $26 million. Now, McFarland — who was released back into the world in March 2022 and still owes that money in restitution — is ...

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