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

    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]

  2. www.nytimes.com › 2022/09/10 › fashionBilly McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move

    Sep 10, 2022 · Mr. McFarland, who in 2018 entered guilty pleas for fraud stemming from his role in organizing the Fyre Festival — a Coachella-for-the-Bahamas affair that went spectacularly awry and established...

  3. www.npr.org › 2023/08/24 › 1195569809Is Fyre Festival II Billy McFarland's chance to pay back his...

    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...

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

    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.

  5. www.cbsnews.com › news › billy-mcfarland-sentenced-today-fyre-festival-founderFyre Festival founder sentenced to 6 years in prison, judge calls...

    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...

  6. www.nbcnews.com › tech › internetThe Fyre Festival fraudster is launching his latest thing, and it...

    Fresh off four years in prison, barred from ever serving as director of a public company, and buried beneath $26 million in victim paybacks, Billy McFarland, founder of the fraudulent Fyre...

  7. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-45827157Fyre Festival: Founder Billy McFarland jailed for six years - BBC

    Oct 11, 2018 · The founder of the ill-fated Fyre Festival - called a "complete disaster" by fans - has been jailed for six years by a US judge. Billy McFarland, 26, pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this...

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

    May 19, 2022 · Billy McFarland, 30, was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Michigan on March 30, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. His lawyer, Jason Russo, said McFarland had remained...

  9. www.npr.org › 2018/10/11 › 656480640Fyre Festival Co-Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced To 6 Years In...

    Oct 11, 2018 · Billy McFarland, a co-founder of the schadenfreude-rich, hospitality-poor debacle known as the Fyre Festival, has been sentenced to six years in prison and three years on probation; he also...

  10. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsFyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland sentenced to 6 years on...

    Oct 11, 2018 · Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland has been sentenced to 6 years on fraud charges relating to his failed April 2017 music festival in the Bahamas.