Fyre Festival was funny, but now it's reportedly under investigation by the FBI

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The schadenfreude in the aftermath of Fyre Festival proved too irresistible for the internet, but it's now taken a serious turn.

We once laughed at these rich millennials, sucked into a post-apocalyptic ordeal hyped up by Instagram models and a rapper who hasn't made anything memorable in a decade (I still love Ja Rule's Livin' It Up, just for the record.)

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But according to an article by the New York Times, the organisers of the festival, Fyre Media, are now really up the creek without a paddle. 

The event is now at the center of a criminal investigation, with the United States attorney's office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI "looking into possible mail, wire and securities fraud," according to a source who spoke to the news outlet. Read more...

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