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Billy McFarland was arrested Friday in New York and accused of making “false representations to investors” in his company, Fyre Media LLC, and in a “luxury” music festival that had been set to take place in the Bahamas over two weekends in April and May.

When attendees arrived, they discovered that the luxury accommodations were actually disaster-relief tents on the beach, some still not set up.

The FBI says 14 people have been charged in connection with a series of assaults on Los Angeles County jail inmates, allegedly at the behest of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.

The facilitators allegedly relayed orders to incarcerated associates to assault or murder other jail inmates perceived to have violated Mexican Mafia rules.

The FBI statement cites one case in which an inmate was stabbed because he was believed to be cooperating with law enforcement, and another case in which an inmate owed money.

U.S. Coast Guard stations that watch over the Great Lakes have seen a spike in fake distress calls.

Capt. Joseph McGilley of the Coast Guard’s unit in Cleveland says hoax calls put boaters at risk because they can divert search and rescue responders during real emergencies.