The latest Tweets from BILLY MCFarland (@mcfarland_billy): "It time out for people of God stop playing church and be real I encourage you to put God first. Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in Lisbon, Ohio The white woman who claimed to be African-American in 2015,... McFarland features in Hulu’s Fyre Fraud documentary, giving a tell-all interview to producers.In the interview, the 26-year-old is asked by a producer to respond to accusations that he’s a sociopath.After being told what the definition of a sociopath is, he said: “I don’t think I’m a genius and I don’t think I’m a sociopath.

“I’m probably somewhere in the middle. Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland, now imprisoned in Ohio, told The Post he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison A judge dubbed the 26-year-old a "serial fraudster" for scams that cost investors and ticket-holders millions.

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But… I dunno what it is.” While he had no experience with organising a festival, McFarland was really good at creating social media buzz. He defrauded investors of $27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to the festival and other events. There are a lot of older guys here and not so healthy,” he said. He had several ventures, including a social media app and a members-only club, before he set on the idea of Fyre Festival.The festival itself was meant to publicise a new app called Fyre Media. In 2013, McFarland founded Magnises, a club targeted at millennials, using $1.5 million of investor funding. He did this by recruiting some big Instagram stars and models like Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner, with festival promotion which promised the luxury experience of a lifetime.Of course, by now, we know that’s not what happened.According to reports dissecting the chaos, a lot went wrong, and quickly.McFarland had googled ‘How to rent a stage,’ and that was it.As festival goers arrived, it became clear they weren’t going to get the experience they were promised. And you’ll probably never guess what it’s called.

He later founded and acted as CEO of Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre mobile app for booking music talent. © 2020 JPIMedia Publications Ltd.At the centre of the story, and both documentaries, is Billy MacFarland – the founder and CEO of Fyre Media.McFarland, the son of real-estate developers, described himself as a “serial entrepreneur”. “Elderly people who are at the greatest medical risk should definitely be considered for release.”But later that month, McFarland’s lawyers cited a pre-existing health condition and petitioned for his release from Elkton, where On Thursday, an Elkton inmate named Jebriel, whom McFarland’s referred to as his “right hand man,” called The Post as McFarland was being taken to quarantine.“He’s not dying, I don’t think,” said Jebriel, who asked to withhold his last name for privacy reasons.

We've received your submission.Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland, now imprisoned in Ohio, told The Post he has tested positive for the coronavirus.“Tested positive for COVID today,” McFarland told a Post reporter on Thursday night.

When the festival was cancelled, he blamed a lack of infrastructure.In May 2017, a month after the festival was due to take place, By June, McFarland had been arrested and charged by federal agents. By June, McFarland had been arrested and charged by federal agents. Fyre co-founder Billy McFarland abandoned them without payment for months of labor when the whole thing went haywire.

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