Fyre Festival organizer, who spent $150K on a yacht for Blink-182, pleads guilty to wire fraud
Billy McFarland, the organizer behind the disaster that was last year's supposedly luxe, beachside Fyre Festival, has plead guilty to two counts of wire fraud charges in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday (3/6). Maybe if he hadn't spent $150K on a yacht for Blink-182 (and nearly $20K on towels) things might have gone differently.
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He failed to budget for toilets, however
The disgraced promoter of Fyre Festival spent over $150,000 of his budget on a yacht for Blink-182, according to newly …Co... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Billy McFarland, the organizer behind the disaster that was last year's supposedly luxe, beachside Fyre Festival, has plead guilty to two counts of wire fraud charge... more info
Chorus.fm — Page Six: Infamous Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland may have neglected to budget for toilets, but he still managed to drop more than $150,000 on a yacht for the ban... more info