Billy McFarland
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William Zervakos McFarland is an American businessman and entrepreneur who was convicted of financial crimes related to Fyre Festival, having defrauded investors of $27.4 million. In 2022, Vanity Fair
McFarland in 2014
McFarland with Ja Rule at the 2016 Web Summit
Magnises
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Magnises was an American card-based membership club co-founded by Billy McFarland and Ja Rule in August 2013. The club card was not a bank issued credit card; members could use it only by first linkin
Billy McFarland
…having defrauded investors of $27.4 million. In 2022, Vanity Fair described him as "the poster boy for millennial scamming". 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…
Billy McFarland at a 2014 Magnises event