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The Fyre Festival Guy Is Starting A New Project Behind Bars, Insists It’s Not A Scam

Ashe Schow
The Fyre Festival Guy Is Starting A New Project Behind Bars, Insists It’s Not A Scam
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Billy McFarland, the man behind the infamous “Fyre Festival” failure and fraud, is working on a new project while in prison and insists this one isn’t a scam.

McFarland, in an exclusive interview with The New York Post, said prison had changed him and that now that coronavirus is keeping people home – and away from federal prisons – he has started a crowd-funding endeavor to help other inmates gain the ability to call their loved ones during the outbreak.

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