The Fyre Festival: Influencer Marketing Meets Fraud - Part 5: The cost of belief — The Fraud Archive – Iconic Cons, Scams and Financial Crimes explained in minutes

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Once the case moved into court, the story stopped being spectacle and became accounting. Billy McFarland pleaded guilty, and the festival became a ledger of losses.In October two thousand eighteen, Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced McFarland to six years in prison. That ended the first criminal phase, but not the damage. By then, the money was gone and the claims process had become its own wreckage.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/fyre-festival-billy-mcfarland

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