Fyre Festival Of Pizza’s Ishmael Osekre became well-recognized for performing a fraudulent act and NYC scam.
Ishmael Osekre is a multi-talented person.
He has involvement in Start-Up & Tech Ventures, Brand Development, Viral Marketing, Coding, Festivals, and Live bands.
Most recently, Osekre got the headlines after his scamming case. First scamming people to buy food festivals tickets and when it’s time to serve, he, being the organizer of Fyre Festival of Pizza, only served a tiny food amount.
This is not the first time he did something like this.
Who Is Ishmael Osekre? Why Is ‘Fyre Festival Of Pizza’ Founder Banned?
Ishmael Osekre is a Ghanaian native who is recently accused as a scammer.
According to his Linkedin profile, he is a Columbia University alum and has studied Bachelor of Arts in 2005 and graduated in 2009. As per his bio, he is aiming to build the intersection of start-up culture, the cultures of the African and African-American, and Caribbean diaspora., establishing and scaling platforms.
The Fyre Festival of Pizza was banned after he charged $75 for serving a tiny piece of the pie. From this, Oskere made a hefty sales amount.
As per New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office’s NY AG James Twitter post, Ishmael Osekre has been banned from events production in New York City after organizing sham food festivals.
As a consequence, he is punished to pay more than $300,000 after scamming thousands of people who bought tickets to the NYC African Food Festival & NYC Pizza, and Burger Festivals. It is also found that he had not paid vendors.
Ishmael Osekre Wife: Is He Married?
Information about Ishmael Osekre’s wife and his family members is not yet disclosed by him.
Except for his work activities and professional bio, he has not let anything display in the virtual world. Thus, we are even unaware of his relationship status so the questions about his married life remain unanswerable here.
Meet Ishmael Osekre On Instagram
Ishmael Osekre is on Instagram as @osekresvibe.
We learned from his IG bio that he founded Afropolitan insights, Jollof festival, An Ankara Bazaar, and the African Food Festival. His bio also notes down BlackJoy, Tech, Community, and Culture.
What Is Ishmael Osekre Net Worth?
We are unknown about Ishmael Osekre’s total net worth.
We just know that he recently roped himself in the legal suit after he charged a higher price to thousands of hungry New Yorkies.
It is found in 2016/2017, he allegedly carried out a similar scam scheme in the African Food Festival where $100,000-worth of tickets were sold. At that time, it was alleged that rather than holding the event, Ishmael used all the money for himself.