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US Marshals put Fyre Festival merchandise up for auction
Read full article: US Marshals put Fyre Festival merchandise up for auctionNEW YORK More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other minor assets are up for sale courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service. Marshals announced that 126 items from the festival will be auctioned off, with proceeds going toward the victims of Billy McFarland. McFarland acknowledged defrauding investors of $26 million in the 2017 Fyre Festival and over $100,000 in a fraudulent ticket-selling scheme after his arrest in the scam. Kendall Jenner Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Fyre Festival LawsuitThe festival, billed as an ultra-luxurious event and the cultural experience of the decade, was supposed to take place over two spring 2017 weekends on the Bahamian island of Exuma.