Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Gets Early Prison Release

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Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has been released early from prison.McFarland was serving a six-year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud, including for the disastrous festival in the Bahamas in 2017.He spent six months of his sentence alone in solitary confinement after taking part in the recording of a podcast.According to TMZ, McFarland has now been released from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan, where he was being held.He is now under the management of Residential Reentry Management New York – the administrative office overseeing halfway houses located in southern New York, eastern New York and New Jersey, according to The Hollywood Reporter.McFarland’s release date from the halfway house is currently set for August 30.Back in 2020, he requested an early release from his six-year prison sentence due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, but his request was turned down.McFarland’s release comes after Martin Shkreli, the disgraced “pharma bro” who famously bought Wu-Tang Clan‘s ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ for $2million (£1.4m), was also released early from prison. Shkreli was serving a seven-year sentence after being found guilty of securities fraud following claims he defrauded investors in former hedge funds in 2017.

ill-fated Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is no longer behind bars. The convicted fraudster was released on Wednesday, more than two years ahead of the end of his six-year sentence, according to multiplereports.McFarland was released into the care of a halfway house in New York City, where he is expected to reside until his release in August, NBC News reports.Jason Russo, McFarland's attorney, told NBC News that his client intends to «put together a team of good people for a solid plan to make amends and pay» what he owes in restitutions to those he defrauded.The Fyre Festival made headlines in April 2017 when hundreds of festival-goers — who paid up to $100,000 for tickets and were promised gourmet food and accommodations — were left stranded on the island after arriving to an unfinished site and a lack of food and staffing, which quickly turned into chaos.

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The man behind the infamous Fyre Festival s**t show has been released from prison!

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