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[td]}}[/td] [td]'''William Zervakos McFarland''' (born December 11, 1991) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who was convicted of [[financial crimes]] related to [[Fyre Festival]], having defrauded investors of $27.4 million.<ref>{{cite news|first=Erik | last=Larson|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...er-who-targeted-status-seekers-gets-six-years |title=Fyre Festival Fraudster Who Targeted Status Seekers Gets 6 Years|work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date= October 12, 2018}}</ref> [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] describes him as "the poster boy for millennial scamming".<ref name="Cai">{{Cite magazine |last=Cai |first=Delia |date=2022-12-21 |title=Billy McFarland Is SorryβReally. He's Also Got a New Pitch for You |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/billy-mcfarland-is-sorry-really |access-date=2023-01-29 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>[/td]
[td]'''William Zervakos McFarland''' (born December 11, 1991) is an American conman and fraudster who was convicted of [[financial crimes]] related to [[Fyre Festival]], having defrauded investors of $27.4 million.<ref>{{cite news|first=Erik | last=Larson|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...er-who-targeted-status-seekers-gets-six-years |title=Fyre Festival Fraudster Who Targeted Status Seekers Gets 6 Years|work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date= October 12, 2018}}</ref> [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] describes him as "the poster boy for millennial scamming".<ref name="Cai">{{Cite magazine |last=Cai |first=Delia |date=2022-12-21 |title=Billy McFarland Is SorryβReally. He's Also Got a New Pitch for You |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/billy-mcfarland-is-sorry-really |access-date=2023-01-29 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In 2013, McFarland founded [[Magnises]], a card-based club marketed for [[millennials]], using $1.5 million of investor funding. He later founded and was CEO of Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre [[mobile app]] for booking music talent. In late 2016, along with rapper [[Ja Rule]], McFarland co-founded the Fyre Festival, a "luxury" music festival intended to promote the Fyre app. The 2017 event was aborted after attendees had already arrived, due to problems with security, food, logistics, understaffing, accommodation, and talent relations.[/td]
[td]In 2013, McFarland founded [[Magnises]], a card-based club marketed for [[millennials]], using $1.5 million of investor funding. He later founded and was CEO of Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre [[mobile app]] for booking music talent. In late 2016, along with rapper [[Ja Rule]], McFarland co-founded the Fyre Festival, a "luxury" music festival intended to promote the Fyre app. The 2017 event was aborted after attendees had already arrived, due to problems with security, food, logistics, understaffing, accommodation, and talent relations.[/td]
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