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Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Of Short Hills Seeks Early Prison Release Due To
Covid-
19
Lawyers for a convicted fraudster from Short Hills who founded the controversial Fyre Festival asked a judge to release him from federal prison because of the coronavirus, according to media reports. Billy McFarland, 28, is serving a six-year sentence at Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in Lisbon, Ohio. McFarland pleaded guilty in March 2018 to wire fraud charges in connection with swindling 80 investors out of $26 million. He also was the subject of two documentaries — one on Netflix and the other on Hulu — about the Bahama-based music festival. McFarland's plea for comp…