There are benefits to being negative!
Billy McFarland was surprised to discover that being one of the world’s most notorious con artists is good for business, according to Page Six.
According to sources, the Fyre Festival organizer is back in business after being freed from prison in March, and has been astonished to discover that it’s simpler than ever to secure business meetings.
According to an informant, McFarland, 31, has recently been telling his pals that “people have been very friendly to him on the streets, asking for selfies with him — much to his surprise” and that he is “amazed by how easy it is for him to obtain business meetings.”
Before his arrest, the Fyre Festival organizer was a notoriously successful networker.
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According to the insider, “it appears that many individuals want to meet with McFarland because of his marketing skills.”
(We don’t wish to be cynical, but we’re betting that execs were pleased by his undeniable knack for creating buzz, which was on display in the various documentaries about his criminal exploits, but there’s surely also some cocktail-party currency in having met with him.)
During the Fyre fiasco, McFarland alienated numerous former associates, including Andy King, who infamously pondered engaging in oral sex to obtain the delivery of bottled water to the doomed event location.
Patrick McMullan sourced from Getty Images
According to sources, McFarland currently resides in the Bedford-Stuyvesant borough of Brooklyn, but he expects to return to Manhattan once his new projects are successful.
When he was recently observed letting off steam at the fancy sports bar Bounce, he informed other guests that it was only the second time he’d been out on the party scene since being released.
Before he got into legal problems, McFarland was a regular on the party scene, but insiders say he’s been keeping a low profile since his release.
Before he got into legal problems, McFarland was a regular on the party scene, but insiders say he’s been keeping a low profile since his release.
McFarland pled guilty in March 2018 to scamming investors of $26 million for his 2017 Caribbean music festival and over $100,000 in a fraudulent ticket-selling scheme he initiated after his arrest. He was given a six-year prison sentence and served four.
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