‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli & Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Released Early From Prison
Two legendary fraudster bros who were both serving prison sentences for differing grifts have been released from prison and will both see out the rest of their time in halfway houses. These are Martin Shkreli and Billy McFarland, who were serving seven-year and six-year prison sentences respectively. McFarland pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud in 2018, in relation to the money he received from investors for the disastrous failed Fyre Festival which became the subject of two documentaries. McFarland was reportedly placed in solitary confinement in 2020 when he launched a podcast Dumster F...