Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland was released from his four year prison sentence in March and is already back with a new “venture.”
The founder of the multi-million dollar scam Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, was released from prison in March of this year after serving four years. He has now released a video that can be found on Youtube, showcasing his next venture. In the video, McFarland uses buzzwords and the allure of mystery to drum up attention to his next project, which he vows to speak more on in November.
Billy says he’s, “working on something new” that’s “a little crazier but a whole lot bigger than anything I’ve ever tried before.” And, “This time, everybody’s invited,”
McFarland presents these statements while making markings on a treasure map before he rips it off the white board it’s attached to, revealing a phone number behind it.
According to Billboard, calling the number causes a text message to be sent to your phone which reads, “Welcome to the Treasure Hunt” along with a link to an online form. Apparently, after adding info to the form, a second text comes through with a link to a 12-second YouTube video titled, “RLTH Clue #1.”
The video features sharks swimming around and corked glass bottle on a tropical island.
No additional information is known at this time and representatives for McFarland declined further comment.
McFarland says that this new venture will be used to pay off the $26 million in restitutions he was ordered to pay after the court proceedings surrounding Fyre Festival.
McFarland’s attorney, Jason Russo, said he was focused on finding “the best way to generate income to pay this restitution back and make amends,” adding, “Any new projects that he does become involved in will be done solely for the purpose of generating the restitution for paying back his victims.”
