Lou Pearlman was best known in the 1990’s for helping to launch two of the most popular boy bands, the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync.What people did not know at the time was that Pearlman had also launched a Ponzi scheme and for twenty years would convince banks and individuals to invest in fictitious companies.
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