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Fraudster James Kenny’s Fake UK Music Festival Duped Celebs, Investors, and Even a Foreign Government

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How did a fake UK music festival convince so many? In one of the UK’s most audacious scams in recent memory, a man named James Kenny managed to orchestrate a fake music festival, Monmouth Rising, from his mother’s kitchen, duping celebrities, high-profile investors, and even a foreign government. What began as a seemingly exciting cultural event snowballed into a complex web of lies, unpaid debts, and crushed reputations. The fake festival, dubb…
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BreezyScroll broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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