Fyre Festival co-founder arrested for fraud
Pitchfork reports that Billy McFarland—who, alongside rapper Ja Rule, was one of the architects of the Caribbean clusterfuck known as Fyre Festival—has been arrested by the FBI on charges of wire fraud. A U.S. attorney issued a statement today, saying that “McFarland allegedly presented fake documents to induce investors to put over a million dollars into his company and the fiasco called the Fyre Festival. Thanks to the investigative efforts of the FBI, McFarland will now have to answer for his crimes.”