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Fyre Festival mastermind brought rappers Sheff G, Sleepy Hallow to Trump's Bronx rally
The rappers spoke at the Trump rally where thousands of the former presidents' hardcore fans flooded Crotona Park in the South Bronx.
Billy McFarland wants to give Willy Wonka experience organizers a second chance with Fyre Festival II
They're living in a world of pure imagination.
Fyre Fest fraudster Billy McFarland sued for new $650K 'fraud,' claims he hid money from victims
Billy McFarland is being sued by a fellow former prison inmate on charges of fraud and breach after the two started a company together and McFarland allegedly used $650,000 in...
'Fyre Festival 2' kicks off with zero-gravity flights, no catastrophes
There’s some very trusting rich folks out there, it seems. If convicted fraudster Billy McFarland — the guy behind the catastrophically incompetent Fyre Festival — took you to a remote...
Fraudster Billy McFarland hits Hamptons party circuit fresh from prison as he launches 'Fyre II'
He's still hustling. The fraudster was spotted in Montauk talking his latest plans for a second festival over pizza and drinks.
Fraudster Billy McFarland claims $500 tickets for Fyre Fest II are already sold out
Not even one day after convicted fraudster Billy McFarland announced that 100 tickets to Fyre Festival II were on sale for $499, they sold out.
Convicted con man Billy McFarland announces the return of 2017's disastrous Fyre Festival — with tickets up to $8K
"This is a big day. It has been the absolute wildest journey to get here, and it really all started during a seventh-month stint in solitary confinement," the convicted con...
Ja Rule distances himself from disastrous Fyre Festival ahead of its return
"I don't know nothing about it!" the "Always on Time" rapper said about Billy McFarland's Fyre Festival 2. "I don't know nothing about it. I ain't in it!"
Con artist Billy McFarland bags $19K to 'own up' to Fyre Fest fraud
The fraudster will be speak at Entrepreneur University's Founder Summit in Germany. Some of the fee will go towards the $26 million he owes victims.
Ex-colleagues warn against Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland's new idea
Fraudster and con artist Billy McFarland was jailed for years after his infamously disastrous music festival, and his new event idea has his old colleagues sounding the alarm.
Execs lining up to take business meetings with con man Billy McFarland despite that whole Fyre Fest debacle
The Fyre Festival organizer has been surprised to find that being one of the world's most infamous scammers is good for business, Page Six hears.
Fyre Fest scammer reveals his latest scheme — and it's even wilder than ill-fated concert
Among other things, people might be able to pay for McFarland — who still owes $26.3 million in Fyre Festival restitution — to swim with sharks.
Fyre Festival island to be transformed into luxe, crypto-only resort
AGIA International plans to sell 60 luxe properties via a series of upcoming NFT mints on the Ethereum blockchain on the land used for Fyre Festival.
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland celebrates prison release with cocktail party, talks next project
Billy McFarland celebrated his release from prison by throwing himself a cocktail party at a Manhattan bistro, according to a report.
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland mulls over ways to pay $26 million to victims while in halfway house
Billy McFarland, the fraudster behind the ill-fated Fyre Festival, is out of prison but he's far from home free in his halfway house.
Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland released from prison early
Billy McFarland, the fraudster behind the Fyre Festival, was sprung from prison this spring after serving less than four years of a six-year sentence in connection with his infamous Caribbean...
Fyre Fest refuses to die: New legal woes arise with Netflix doc suit
FM2010, LLC says that it provided 16 percent of the footage for the 2019 movie called, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.
Fyre Festival attendees stand to recover almost nothing from bankruptcy
The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of the disastrous Fyre Festival has filed court papers seeking permission to start distributing the funds that have been recovered in the wake of the...
Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland admits he lied to investors
If only he’d had enough time, Fyre Festival could’ve been criminally fun.
Sean Hannity says he 'dug in his heels' with newest book
It's called "Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink."