[NYT] Mr. McFarland, who in 2018 entered guilty pleas for fraud stemming from his role in organizing the Fyre Festival — a Coachella-for-the-Bahamas affair that went spectacularly awry and established him as the Elizabeth Holmes of party promoters— had been a free man for all of 15 minutes. And he didn’t seem inclined to lay low after spending close to four years in prison, plus another six months of additional confinement. Moments after removing an electronic ankle monitor at the Gold Street halfway house where he had stayed earlier this year, he was posing for a New York Times photographer and talking to a reporter whom he’d approached toward the end of his confinement with the help of a publicist.
[SUN] FYRE Festival was sold as an uber-exclusive, one-of-a-kind, VIP music event that was sure to be the next big thing. But, thousands were left starving and stranded when it all turned out to be a sham. Here's what happened. Fyre Festival was a brand new festival that surfaced in 2017 and promised festival-goers a VIP experience. The event took place on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas. The exclusive festival was billed as three days giving partiers access to private beaches. Fyre Festival, sold as an "immersive music festival", was promoted using a host of supermodels beloved by millions.
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