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Billy McFarland claims he has secured funding for ‘Fyre Festival 1.5’

McFarland does not reveal details about Fyre Festival 1.5, but says reaction to his getting artists ‘has been so extreme’

The Independent UK

Convicted co-founder Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is drawing major interest

Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland claims thousands of people expressed interest after he teased bringing back the event, six years after the disastrous first edition led to his fraud conviction.

Tribune News Service

Ja Rule says he has absolutely no involvement in Fyre Festival II: ‘I don’t know nothing about it!’

Rapper is at pains to distance himself after he co-founded the disastrous event

The Independent UK

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Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is on Fyre again

Billy McFarland, the fraudulent organiser says Fyre Festival II is 'finally happening', just over a year after he was released from prison.

The New Daily

'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland

After his 2017 music festival collapsed on its opening weekend, leaving attendees stranded and starving on a remote island with no musical performances, Billy McFarland says he wants to have another go at running the event.

ABC News

Fyre Festival ‘1.5’: Billy McFarland claims he has funding for second festival

The first Fyre Festival was branded a fradulant disaster and led to Billy McFarland’s imprisonment

Evening Standard

Fyre Fest 2: The convicted fraudster behind the worst music festival never staged wants your money again

We regret to inform you that Billy McFarland is at it again

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“Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” says the disgraced founder

You could be excused for asking if Billy McFarland is serious.

Fortune

Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

McFarland asks his followers to tell him why they should be invited

The Independent UK

When we happily pay £45 for a YouTuber’s energy drink, the age of the scammer is truly dead

Post-Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway and Anna Delvey, being scammed by your idols now has currency, says journalist Amelia Tait

The Guardian - UK

The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture

Billy McFarland spent four years in prison after the collapse of the previous event.

Fortune

Why Are We So Obsessed with Scammers?

As the threat of online fraud and phishing grows, so does our appetite for TV shows about con artists

The Walrus

Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland announces new event costing £200 - with a twist

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

Daily Mirror

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

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Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland Is Out Of Jail, Asking For Money Again Being Roasted By Andy King

“Yep, you definitely eff’d around. And there’s a lot that people should find out," said Andy in a Stitch.

The Independent UK

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release

‘I was so driven by this desperate desire to prove people right,’ fraudster said

Daily Mirror

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

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Manchester Evening News

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland says he is ‘working on something new’ following release from prison

The convicted fraudster was released from prison earlier this year after serving four years

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland ‘celebrated prison release with cocktail party’

Promoter William “Billy” McFarland was jailed for defrauding investors to help him stage the failed music show in the Exumas

The Conversation

Canada could have its own Fyre Festival fiasco if it doesn't amp up event regulations

In the spring of 2017, the public spectacle over the now infamous Fyre Festival seemingly broke the Internet.

Tribune News Service

Fyre Festival creator has put together team to ‘come up with ideas’ for new entertainment ventures after early prison release

NEW YORK — Billy McFarland is all fyred up.

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland released from prison early

Fyre Festival organizer has been moved to a half way house amid early prison release

The Guardian - UK

What we learn from Anna Delvey: scams are all the rage for Generation Hustle

A wave of TV shows such as Inventing Anna are sympathetic portrayals of the con artist that lies within us all, says journalist Laura Martin

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