Fyre Festival Founder, Billy McFarland, Sentenced to 6 Year Prison Term, 3 Years Probation, and $26 Million in Restitutions

The 27 year-old, disgraced Fyre Festival creator, Billy McFarland, discovered his fate today in a New York court for his debunked 2017 festival in the Bahamas. A Manhattan judge sentenced the fraudster to 6 years in prison, 3 years of probation, and to pay back $26 million in restitutions. Federal judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the following today:

“The defendant is a serial fraudster.  Mr. McFarland is a fraudster and not simply a misguided young man. Bad intent was longstanding.”

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