Billy McFarland
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland launching "Dumpster Fyre" podcast from prison
”At long last, the uncensored, complete story of Fyre Festival. With Billy McFarland. And many others,” a preview promises.
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland launching new project for prisoners amid coronavirus
”Many of you only know me from the Fyre Festival,” Billy McFarland writes. ”If I were you, I’d think this is a scam, and that I am full of shit.”
Billy McFarland reportedly writing a Fyre Festival memoir from prison
Tentatively titled ’Promythus: The God of Fyre,’ the memoir is a planned 800 handwritten pages, and its already passed its original planned publication date, of course.
Two different Fyre Festival documentaries out this week on Hulu & Netflix
Hulu just surprise-released documentary ’Fyre Fraud’ which features an interview with the doomed festival‘s founder, Billy McFarland; Netflix’s documentary is out Friday.
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland sentenced to 6 years in prison
”It is my conclusion based on all the submissions that the defendant is a serial fraudster and that to date his fraud like a circle has no ending,” the sentencing judge said.
Fyre Festival founder's fraud caused by "untreated mental illness," lawyer says
”The evidence suggests that Billy has a good heart that has been led astray by poor judgment and by untreated mental illness,” Billy McFarland’s sentencing papers read.
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland pleads guilty to fake ticketing scheme
Billy McFarland pleaded guilty to his involvement in a fake ticketing scheme while out on bail awaiting sentencing for fraud charges related to the doomed Fyre Festival, which he organized with Ja Rule.
SEC settles $27 million fraud case against Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland — along with two companies he founded, a former senior executive, and a former contractor — agreed to settle charges arising out of “an extensive, multi-year offering fraud” that raised at least $27.4 million from over 100 investors…
Two Fyre Festival attendees awarded $5 million in lawsuit
Whether McFarland, who pled guilty to wire fraud and has been arrested since on more fraud changes (and is being sued by other Fyre attendees), has any money to pay them, remains to be seen.
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland arrested again for allegedly selling fake tickets
The founder of the disastrous Fyre Festival already pled guilty to wire fraud, and his troubles are far from over.
