The founder of the Fyre Festival - a "luxury" festival in the Bahamas which was called a "complete disaster" by fans - has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Billy McFarland, who co-founded the festival with rapper Ja Rule, admitted to using fake documents to attract investors to put more than $26m (£18.7m) into his company.
The 26-year-old's festival last April had boasted a bill including Skepta, Migos and Blink 182.
Tickets had cost between $1,200 and $100,000 (£860 and £72,000), with more than 7,000 people expected to attend.
Festival-goers were left stranded on an island in the Bahamas without enough food, water or accommodation.
The festival had initially advertised with an Instagram video featuring models Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski sailing on a luxury yacht.
It was eventually cancelled and the organisers apologised and offered full refunds after negative publicity.
Source : bbc
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