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Coverage dated May 18, 2022

Organizer of Failed ‘Fyre Festival' Released Early From Federal Prison

Headline from NBC 6 South Florida

Billy McFarland, 30, was transferred from a low security federal prison in Michigan on March 30, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement.

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Organizer of Failed ‘Fyre Festival' Released Early From Federal Prison (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Billy McFarland, 30, was transferred from a low security federal prison in Michigan on March 30, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement.

  2. NBC Chicago

    Organizer of Failed Fyre Festival Released Early From Federal Prison (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The admitted fraudster behind the failed Fyre Festival was released from prison Wednesday, more than two years before the end of a six-year sentence handed down in 2018, his lawyer said. Billy McFarland, 30, was transferred from a low security federal prison in Michigan on March 30, the Bureau of Pr…

  3. The Week

    Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland gets an early prison release (opens The Week)

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  4. Rolling Stone

    Fyre Festival Swindler Billy McFarland Receives Early Release from Prison (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Con artist behind the doomed festival that captivated the Internet pled guilty to wire fraud and defrauding investors in 2018

  5. NBC News

    Organizer of failed Fyre Festival is released early from federal prison (opens NBC News)

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    A lawyer for Billy McFarland, who was sentenced to six years behind bars in 2018, said he was transferred to a halfway house in New York on Wednesday.

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