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NEWS ABOUT: Lou Pearlman

Lou Pearlman stories: 3 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

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