Fyre Festival fraudster William McFarland was back in federal custody Tuesday after prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed new charges against McFarland for allegedly orchestrating another fraudulent ticket scheme.

McFarland pleaded guilty back in March to defrauding more than 80 investors in the Fyre Festival debacle that ended up costing them a loss of more than $24 million, as well as a ticket vendor $2 million in losses. The music festival, sold as a luxury Bahamas get-away featuring some of the biggest artists in pop music with ticket prices starting at around $1,200, proved to be anything but high-end, with attendees arriving to bare-bones amenities and cancelled performances.

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