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Oct 3
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NSYNC Got Scammed - The Lou Pearlman Sto...

Ray William Johnson
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Lou Pearlman was a music producer and manager who rose to prominence in the 1990s by creating and managing successful boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. However, behind his musical empire lay one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

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