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In reply to the discussion: Influenzer who attended djt's crypto dinner: "Walmart Steaks, he says" [View all]Celerity
(51,022 posts)15. the bread and cheese is from the 2017 Fyre Festival disaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 2830 and May 57, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma.
The event was promoted on Instagram by social media influencers, actors, reality TV stars and models including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, and Emily Ratajkowski, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so. During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodation, medical services, and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead of the gourmet meals and luxury villas for which festival attendees had paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars, they received packaged sandwiches and were lodged in poorly furnished tents.
In March 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud to defraud investors and ticket holders, and a second count to defraud a ticket vendor (while out on bail). In October 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$26 million. At least eight lawsuits were initiated against the organizers for defrauding ticket buyers, with several seeking class action status and one seeking more than $100 million in damages, and a judgment for US$2 million.
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 2830 and May 57, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma.
The event was promoted on Instagram by social media influencers, actors, reality TV stars and models including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, and Emily Ratajkowski, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so. During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodation, medical services, and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead of the gourmet meals and luxury villas for which festival attendees had paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars, they received packaged sandwiches and were lodged in poorly furnished tents.
In March 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud to defraud investors and ticket holders, and a second count to defraud a ticket vendor (while out on bail). In October 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$26 million. At least eight lawsuits were initiated against the organizers for defrauding ticket buyers, with several seeking class action status and one seeking more than $100 million in damages, and a judgment for US$2 million.
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Influenzer who attended djt's crypto dinner: "Walmart Steaks, he says" [View all]
allegorical oracle
May 23
OP
Yup. Donnie's had a lifetime of practice. But this did surprise me. Sounds as if djt's crypto
allegorical oracle
May 23
#3
To be fair, I read that many of the people dumped the crypto soon after they qualified for the event....
unblock
May 23
#12
That occurred to me, too. Left over for how many years?? Donny's a cheapskate at heart, when it
allegorical oracle
May 23
#5
Why is one pic on china and the other is in a styrofoam take-out container?
allegorical oracle
May 23
#11
Saw a TV piece about that -- think it was on American Greed. A hoot of a fraud. nt
allegorical oracle
May 23
#46
I'm sure the guests all enjoyed their "Trump Food Poisoning" the next day too.
bluesbassman
May 23
#41
I learned many years ago that when your potential client opens the conversation with, "how cheap can we",
flashman13
May 23
#25
He was expecting a McDonald's? - without forking over a plane? Bright side, not meeting KRASNOV/MUSKrat.
UTUSN
May 23
#28
I was hoping it was an influenzer, who infected everyone there. They got sick, died and we lived happily ever after.
surfered
May 23
#32
Trump crypto dinner plate.. on average, each guest spent $1M on the entry ticket
LetMyPeopleVote
May 24
#47