
Fraudster Billy McFarland is hatching a comeback with mysterious new business venture
Daily MailCalling the number sends you a link to a 'treasure hunt' clue, which is a short YouTube video of a bikini clad woman swimming in blue Carribean water McFarland was released from prison in March after serving nearly four years after a fraud conviction, and completed confinement in August Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland appears to be hatching a comeback event, a mere month after completing his four-year sentence for fraud. McFarland, 31, posted a cryptic video to his TikTok page in which he teased an event to which 'everybody's invited' Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland appears to be hatching a comeback event, a mere month after completing his four-year sentence for fraud The video opens with McFarland standing before a white board and owning up to his guilt from the Fyre scheme. The fraudster characterized the event as a way for him to make amends for his previous misdeeds, prefacing the video with the admission that he 'f***ed around' In the video he revealed a cryptic map of what appeared to be a treasure map of a Carribean island, and promised he would reveal all the details of his latest scheme in November When dialed, the phone number asks for your contact information, and sends along a text with link to a 'first clue.' The Fyre Festival was promoted by models like Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner, and saw attendees paying thousands for a luxury music festival hosted on a Carribean Pablo Escobar once used to traffic cocaine.
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Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival 2 with tickets priced at $1.1 million
Hindustan Times
Fyre Festival revived? Viral botched influencer event sets ‘second chance’ in Mexico
LA Times
Fyre Festival founder announces date for high-priced sequel (no word on cost of cheese sandwiches though)
The Independent
Fyre Fest fraudster announces date for re-do of disastrous event
Raw Story
Fyre Festival II to go ahead with tickets costing up to $8,000 - but ex-con organizer Billy McFarland hasn't decided where or when it will be
Daily Mail
Billy McFarland says he’s hosting another Fyre Festival. He wouldn’t be the first white-collar criminal to pull off a comeback.
Slate
Fyre Festival 2 tickets are somehow on sale right now — and there’s not even a lineup
LA Times
'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland
ABC
Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’
The Independent
Disgraced Fyre Festival fraudster says he’s launching another ‘island experience’ in the Bahamas
The Independent
Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland launches new virtual PYRT fest
Daily Mail
Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release
The Independent
Fyre Festival attendees to be awarded $7,220 each in $2 mn class-action settlement
Firstpost
Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland created phony reports
Daily Mail
Fyre Festival attendees win $5m lawsuit against founder Billy McFarland
The Independent
Fyre Festival: Founder Billy McFarland pleads guilty to fraud
The Independent
Fyre Festival: What happened in 2017 and how the first event became infamous after Netflix film
Sky News
Fyre Festival founder facing federal fraud charges
The Independent
Fyre Festival founder tells staff 'there will be no payroll', pleads 'stay and help out' in leaked audio
The Independent
Fyre Festival organisers hit with lawsuit claiming they knew it was fraud
The Independent
Fyre Festival organisers 'barred' from hosting another event in the Bahamas
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