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William Z. McFarland (born 1991) is an American con artist and convicted felon who co-founded the ill-fated Fyre Festival. He defrauded investors of 27.4millionbymarketingandsellingticketstothefestivalandotherevents.In2013,McFarlandfoundedMagnises,acard−basedclubtargetedatmillennials,using27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to the festival and other events. In 2013, McFarland founded Magnises, a card-based club targeted at millennials, using 27.4millionbymarketingandsellingticketstothefestivalandotherevents.In2013,McFarlandfoundedMagnises,acard−basedclubtargetedatmillennials,using1.5 million of investor funding. He later founded and was CEO of Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre mobile app for booking music talent. In late 2016, along with rapper Ja Rule, McFarland co-founded the Fyre Festival, a "luxury" music festival intended to promote the Fyre app. The event was scheduled to take place in April and May 2017, but was aborted after attendees had arrived due to problems with security, food, logistics, understaffing, accommodations, and talent relations. In May 2017, McFarland and Ja Rule were sued for $100 million in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Fyre Festival attendees. The following month, McFarland was arrested and charged with wire fraud in Manhattan federal court for his role in the organization of the festival. After pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud in March 2018, he was sentenced to six years in federal penitentiary. He was released from the penitentiary in late March 2022, after serving over four years. (en) Billy McFarland (* 1991, geboren als William Z. McFarland) ist ein amerikanischer Veranstalter, Unternehmer und verurteilter Hochstapler. Er gilt als Initiator des vorzeitig abgebrochenen Fyre Festivals. (de) Billy McFarland ou William Z. McFarland, né le 11 décembre 1991, est un américain condamné pour escroquerie. Il a escroqué des investisseurs pour 27,4 millions de dollars en faisant de la promotion et vendant des tickets pour le Fyre Festival, dont il est l'un des instigateurs, et d'autres événements. (fr) |
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Billy McFarland (* 1991, geboren als William Z. McFarland) ist ein amerikanischer Veranstalter, Unternehmer und verurteilter Hochstapler. Er gilt als Initiator des vorzeitig abgebrochenen Fyre Festivals. (de) Billy McFarland ou William Z. McFarland, né le 11 décembre 1991, est un américain condamné pour escroquerie. Il a escroqué des investisseurs pour 27,4 millions de dollars en faisant de la promotion et vendant des tickets pour le Fyre Festival, dont il est l'un des instigateurs, et d'autres événements. (fr) William Z. McFarland (born 1991) is an American con artist and convicted felon who co-founded the ill-fated Fyre Festival. He defrauded investors of $27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to the festival and other events. (en) |
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