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NEWS ABOUT: N'Sync

N'Sync stories: 4 news summaries

Jailed Boy-Band Schemer Plots Reality Show

It's 'Making the Band meets Charlie's Angels meets Bernie Madoff'

Mar 18, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even from jail, boy-band creator-slash-Ponzi schemer Lou Pearlman is all about the spotlight. The ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys founder is plotting a reality show he can star in from behind bars, the New York Daily News reports. “It essentially would feature Lou's disembodied voice on a speakerphone,... More »

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reality TV • jail • Ponzi scheme • N'Sync • boy bands • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

 Boy-Band
 Promoter to
 Repay $300M 

Court assesses damages of boy band promoter's ponzi scheme

Jul 16, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million. That's how much the creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync will have to pay, at a minimum, in restitution... More »

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prosecutor • Ponzi scheme • fine • N'Sync • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

Boy-Band Brain Gets 25 Years
for Fraud

Pearlman gets max for scamming investors, banks out of $300M

May 22, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lou Pearlman, the honcho behind the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced yesterday to the maximum of 25 years in federal prison for masterminding a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of some $300 million, the AP reports. "The sympathy factor just doesn't run very high... More »

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fraud • conviction • N'Sync • boy bands • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

Timberlake Will Host ESPN Awards Gala

No stranger to sports world after Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction'

Mar 26, 08 6:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Well-known in the sports world after the Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," Justin Timberlake will host ESPN's annual awards gala, the sports channel reports. The ESPY Awards are set for July 20 in Los Angeles. "Not only is he a world-class music performer and established actor, but he... More »

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ESPN • ESPY awards • Justin Timberlake • N'Sync

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