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Posted: 2018-06-13T16:40:05Z | Updated: 2018-06-13T17:54:14Z

Billy McFarland, the disgraced businessman behind last years disastrous Fyre Festival , faces new charges related to a fraudulent ticket scam federal prosecutors say he ran while free on bail.

McFarland, 26, sold fake tickets to exclusive events, including the Met Gala and Coachella, for several months while he was awaiting sentencing for charges related to the Fyre Festival, according to the FBI and U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York.

McFarland was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in the alleged scam, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

He pleaded guilty in March to two counts of wire fraud stemming from the April 2017 Fyre Festival debacle, in which attendees paid upwards of $250,000 for tickets to attend what McFarlands company billed as an ultra-luxurious music festival that turned out to be an ultra-chaotic mess.

Festival ticketholders had been promised a glamorous event on a remote island in the Bahamas, featuring pristine beaches, gourmet food and high-profile attendees. Instead, they arrived to find half-built tents, feral dogs and inadequate food and water.