Fyre Competition founder Billy McFarland, who was launched from federal jail in 2022 after serving 4 years behind bars for crimes associated to the occasion, watched his model promote on eBay for $245,300.
“Rattling,” McFarland mentioned whereas streaming the bids. “This sucks, it is so low.”
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Bloomberg notes that the successful bid was solely 0.9% of the $26 million McFarland has been ordered to pay in restitution.
The sale, which lasted every week, contains rights to the IP, logos, and social media accounts. There have been 175 bids in complete from 42 bidders, with the ultimate bid coming simply earlier than 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
McFarland did not disclose who the client was, however laughed when he noticed the title, per NBC Information.
“It is humorous,” he mentioned.
After the notorious Fyre Competition catastrophe within the Bahamas in 2017, McFarland tried to revive the model with the Fyre Fest 2, which was alleged to happen from Could 30 to June 2 in Mexico, however was canceled in April (or by no means scheduled within the first place).
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“I am certain many individuals suppose I am loopy for doing this once more. However I really feel I might be loopy to not do it once more,” McFarland mentioned when gross sales began.
McFarland tried to promote the model via an electronic mail kind with a proposal sheet, earlier than turning to eBay in July.
