By now you've probably heard about the debunked 'Fyre Fest' that was supposed to be the biggest musical festival in the Caribbean, but it all ended up to be a big fraud. But at least one thing wasn't fraudulent about the Fest which is the official, authentic, merchandise that was produced for the show.
Two boxes worth of authentic Fyre Fest merch — including T-shirts and shorts — will be auctioned to help pay back some $26 million that “serial fraudster” Billy McFarland owes to people he cheated, Vulture has confirmed.
“We have an assortment of the ‘real thing’ Fyre Festival-branded tee-shirts, sweatpants, sweatshirts, hats, wristbands and medallions,” a spokesman for the United States Marshals Service’s Manhattan office said in an email, also writing, “We know that there is tremendous interest in these items in the NY metro area in particular.” Read more on the story here.