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These photos reveal why the 27-year-old organizer of the disastrous Fyre Festival has been sentenced to 6 years in prison

Published by Business Insider on Tue, 15 Jan 2019


Two hotly anticipated TV shows documenting the wild Fyre Festival saga begin streaming this week. Hulu's version debuted on Monday, while Netflix'swill follow on Friday.Billy McFarland, the organizer of the festival, was sentenced to six years in prison in October and ordered to forfeit $26 million.McFarland pleaded guilty in March 2018 to wire-fraud charges in relation to Fyre Festival, which became infamous after hundreds of attendees were left stranded in the Bahamas last year.In June 2018, McFarland was arrested again on charges of selling fake tickets through a different company, called NYC VIP Access, starting in late 2017. He pleaded guilty to those charges in July.Here's a look back at what happened at Fyre Festival.After much anticipation, two documentaries that give a behind-the-scenes look into 2017's hellish Fyre Festival will finally air on our screens.Hulu's version launched on Monday, and Netflix's will follow on Friday.Billy McFarland, the 27-year-old founder of the company behind the festival, was sentenced to six years in prison in October and faces a $26 million forfeiture order. He is featured in an exclusive interview in the Hulu documentary.Read more: Fyre Festival founder sentenced to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors out of millions of dollars in various ticketing schemesFyre Festival, which promised a VIP experience on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas, turned into a nightmare situation as attendees were stranded with half-built huts to sleep in and cold cheese sandwiches to eat.Here's what happened:SEE ALSO:Netflix and Hulu are releasing competing documentaries on the Fyre Festival debacle, but Netflix is dominating Google search interestThe three-day party was supposed to be on a private beach on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas.It was supposed to be over two weekends in 2017: April 28-30 and May 5-7.It was described as an "immersive music festival."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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