You may soon get the chance to shell out for some official Fyre Festival merch.
Billy McFarland, the festival’s founder, owes a breathtaking $26 million in restitution to the victims of his scam, and according to Vulture the U.S. Marshals Service has…
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This ‘Fyre Fest 2019’ parody ad is way too real
The Fyre Fest jokes just keep rollin’ in.
A parody video popped up on YouTube Thursday advertising “Fyre Festival 2019,” which costs $20,000 and takes place in prison. Billy will be there, of course, because he is in prison.
The infamous or…
What you should know about Billy McFarland’s pre-Fyre Fest scam Magnises
Fyre Festival may have been two years ago, but the drama that led up to the entire mess is still unfolding.
Since the release of two back-to-back documentaries about the disastrous music festival, Fyre founder Billy McFarland is back in the spotlight. McFarland was a professional grifter even before scamming festival attendees out of millions of dollars. With his company Magnises, he managed to swindle investors into backing his glorified fraternity.
Although Magnises claimed to be a luxury credit card, it was essentially a membership for millennials who wanted to be rich, but couldn’t afford to be rich. Members would have their credit or debit card copied over to a magnetic strip mounted onto a metal card — instead of its own financial institution, Magnises promised its members social perks like last minute Beyoncé tickets and access to an exclusive townhouse with an open barMembership was “referral only” to add to its exclusivity. Read more…
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Just when you thought it was safe, the epic millennial influencer debacle known as Fyre Festival is back in the news for, surprise, fraud.
Billy McFarland, the low-rent scam artist responsible for the festival disaster heard ’round the internet, is back in trouble for conning people again. This time, McFarland is charged with selling fake tickets to mega-festivals and events.
GRIFTER SEASON, CONTINUED: Billy McFarland, the guy behind Fyre Festival (remember? https://t.co/LjkZx1IEym), is being charged with wire fraud and money laundering for a separate ticket scheme he allegedly started AFTER FYRE FEST pic.twitter.com/YPcNTcSEks
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