Lou Pearlman: The King of Ponzi Pop
In the 1990s, a blimp enthusiast with a checkered business record inexplicably dominates pop music by assembling not one but two boy bands.
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SOURCES:
- Lou Pearlman [Wikipedia]
- Baron Blimp Lou Pearlman, head of Airship International Ltd., is fulfilling adolescent dreams of glory [Sports Illustrated]
- Lou Pearlman, Boy Band Impresario, Blimp Tycoon, and Bunco Artist, Dead at 62 [Slate]
- How Lou Pearlman used Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC to lure people into massive Ponzi scheme [ABC News]
- *NSYNC, O-Town members on learning the truth about Lou Pearlman [ABC News]
- *NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys: The True Story Behind Their Epic Boy Band Rivalry [E! Online]
- Lance Bass on the 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys rivalry: 'The animosity was real' [Yahoo Entertainment]
- Backstreet Boys Turn 25: Untold Stories [Entertainment Tonight]
- Lou Pearlman Ran 1 of America's Biggest Ponzi Schemes [A&E]
- Pop Dreams and Ponzi Schemes [Schneider Downs]
- The "Con" in Trans Continental: Lou Pearlman [Gavin P. Smith]
- AS HE RAN, CASE WAS BUILT [Tampa Bay Times]
- IN JAIL AND ON THE PHONE, LOU PEARLMAN REVERSES THE CHARGES [Tampa Bay Times]
- Victims who lost millions in Pearlman Ponzi scheme could recover a pittance [WFTV]
- Backstreet Boys' Lou Pearlman's Prison Interview: My Ponzi Scheme Was Smarter Than Madoff's [The Hollywood Reporter]
- Lou Pearlman Dead: Remembering the Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync and More [The Hollywood Reporter]
- Lou Pearlman, disgraced creator of 'NSync and Backstreet Boys, dies [NBC News]
- Netflix's 'Dirty Pop' exposes Lou Pearlman's deceptive role in 'NSYNC and Backstreet Boys' fame [MSNBC]
- The True Story of Lou Pearlman in 'Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam' [Netflix Tudum]
- The True Story Behind Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam [TIME]
- 10 Most Shocking Reveals From Netflix's Dirty Pop [Screen Rant]
- The Biggest Revelations From Dirty Pop [Den of Geek]
- Mad About the Boys [Vanity Fair]
- Inside the rise and fall of the record store chain Tower Records [Clicktrack]
- Viewpoint: The Backstreet Boys phenomenon [BYU Daily Universe]
- Remembering Lou Pearlman: The Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC & More [Billboard]
- The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story [YouTube Originals]
- The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History — Tyler Gray
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