Fraudster Billy McFarland is hatching a comeback with mysterious new business venture
2 years, 5 months ago

Fraudster Billy McFarland is hatching a comeback with mysterious new business venture

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Calling 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.

History of this topic

Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival 2 with tickets priced at $1.1 million
1 month ago
Fyre Festival revived? Viral botched influencer event sets ‘second chance’ in Mexico
1 month, 1 week ago
Fyre Festival founder announces date for high-priced sequel (no word on cost of cheese sandwiches though)
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Fyre Fest fraudster announces date for re-do of disastrous event
6 months, 3 weeks ago
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
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Billy McFarland says he’s hosting another Fyre Festival. He wouldn’t be the first white-collar criminal to pull off a comeback.
55 years, 2 months ago
Fyre Festival 2 tickets are somehow on sale right now — and there’s not even a lineup
1 year, 7 months ago
'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland
1 year, 11 months ago
Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’
1 year, 11 months ago
Disgraced Fyre Festival fraudster says he’s launching another ‘island experience’ in the Bahamas
2 years, 3 months ago
Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland launches new virtual PYRT fest
2 years, 4 months ago
Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release
2 years, 4 months ago
Fyre Festival attendees to be awarded $7,220 each in $2 mn class-action settlement
3 years, 11 months ago
Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland created phony reports
6 years, 8 months ago
Fyre Festival attendees win $5m lawsuit against founder Billy McFarland
6 years, 8 months ago
Fyre Festival: Founder Billy McFarland pleads guilty to fraud
6 years, 9 months ago
Fyre Festival: What happened in 2017 and how the first event became infamous after Netflix film
7 years, 5 months ago
Fyre Festival founder facing federal fraud charges
7 years, 8 months ago
Fyre Festival founder tells staff 'there will be no payroll', pleads 'stay and help out' in leaked audio
7 years, 10 months ago
Fyre Festival organisers hit with lawsuit claiming they knew it was fraud
7 years, 10 months ago
Fyre Festival organisers 'barred' from hosting another event in the Bahamas
7 years, 10 months ago

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