(CNN) The organizer of last year's disastrous Fyre Festival has been sentenced to six years in prison, according to the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.

William McFarland pleaded guilty in March to two counts of wire fraud for his role in defrauding Fyre Festival investors and ticket vendors of about $26 million, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.

McFarland also has pleaded guilty to another charge of bank fraud for a "sham ticket scheme" in which he sold bogus tickets to fashion, music and sporting events , and another count of bank fraud for writing a check using the name and account number of one of his employees without authorization as part of what Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman called a "disturbing pattern of deception."

He pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal law enforcement as well, the US attorney's office said.

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