1. Lou Pearlman

    Lou Pearlman

    American talent manager and fraudster

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  1. Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 – August 19, 2016) was an American music manager and scam artist. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC.

  2. Aug 21, 2016 · Lou Pearlman, the Svengali-like manager behind Nineties boy bands like Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, O-Town and more, died Friday night behind bars while serving a 25-year prison sentence...

  3. Jul 24, 2024 · Netflix's Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam tells the true story of con man Lou Pearlman who managed some of the biggest boy bands of the '90s including the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.

  4. Aug 20, 2016 · Lou Pearlman, the disgraced impresario behind the Backstreet Boys and * NSYNC who was serving out a 25-year prison term after being convicted of running a half-billion-dollar Ponzi...

  5. Dec 13, 2019 · Even after Lou Pearlman’s con was uncovered – and as he sat in a prison cell serving a 25-year sentence – the notorious manager of *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys wasn’t ready to give up his moneymaking ways. He started a choir behind bars and then tried launching a reality television show.

  6. Jul 24, 2024 · Lou Pearlman is best known for launching boy bands like NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. But he is also known for spearheading one of the longest-running ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

  7. Jul 25, 2024 · According to Netflix’s new docuseries Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam, Lou Pearlman was a congenial conman. Yes, the jovial former blimp entrepreneur went to prison for running a Ponzi...

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