Fyre Festival Founder Gets Six Years for $27.4 Million Fraud

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Fire Festival founder Billy McFarland, pictured second from left. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald handed McFarland a six-year prison sentence. Bloomberg

Skift Take: Most people will remember the images of attendees wandering around a half-built site that surfaced during 2017's Fyre Festival. Those who paid thousands of dollars for tickets will no doubt have little sympathy for the man behind the disaster.

— Patrick Whyte

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Fyre Festival Founder Gets Six Years for .4 Million Fraud