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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Fyre festival scammer billy mcfarland released from prison early | Mind Blowing Facts

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Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland has been released early
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Billy McFarland, the man behind the infamous Fyre Festival, has been given an early prison release.

The 30-year-old fraudster has served just four years of a six-year sentence for his involvement in the ill-fated 2017 event.

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