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It's time to say Bye Bye Bye to our final deep dive into Fraudster Lou Pearlman. He was a blimp scammer, a boy band scammer, and now he's a talent scout scammer. Just fork over the dough and he'll glamour shot you to stardom. Also, Lou creates 84 businesses to create the largest ponzi scheme to rip off retirees of their savings before Madoff ever did. Listen now to how it all comes crashing down on Big Poppa as he's sent to the Big House!
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Website: https://fraudsters.fm/
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrgIntro
Music Credit and Sound Fx:https://twitter.com/gograntgordon
Season Cover Art by:https://comedyartwork.com/
Sources:
Documentary: The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story. (2019). YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCRs0Ic3FI.
Book: Gray, T. (2008). The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History . Harper Collins.
Articles:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/01/25/baron-blimp-lou-pearlman-head-of-airship-international-ltd-is-fulfilling-adolescent-dreams-of-glory
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lou-pearlman-backstreet-boys-nsync-remembrance-7480300/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lou-pearlman-backstreet-boys-nsync-lure-people-massive/story?id=67630954
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/13/lou-pearlman-was-disgraced-mogul-who-defrauded-s-boy-bands-then-came-million-ponzi-scheme/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qgey/that-time-lou-pearlman-tried-to-send-a-boy-band-to-space
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/we-live-in-the-pop-culture-world-that-lou-pearlman-created
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/n-sync-slapped-with-150-million-lawsuit-255197/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/backstreet-boys-sue-pearlman-trans-continental-1403688/
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It's time to say Bye Bye Bye to our final deep dive into Fraudster Lou Pearlman. He was a blimp scammer, a boy band scammer, and now he's a talent scout scammer. Just fork over the dough and he'll glamour shot you to stardom. Also, Lou creates 84 businesses to create the largest ponzi scheme to rip off retirees of their savings before Madoff ever did. Listen now to how it all comes crashing down on Big Poppa as he's sent to the Big House!
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow
https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy
https://twitter.com/arielleaty
Follow the show on Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT
Website: https://fraudsters.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrgIntro
Music Credit and Sound Fx:https://twitter.com/gograntgordon
Season Cover Art by:https://comedyartwork.com/
Sources:
Documentary: The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story. (2019). YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCRs0Ic3FI.
Book: Gray, T. (2008). The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History . Harper Collins.
Articles:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/01/25/baron-blimp-lou-pearlman-head-of-airship-international-ltd-is-fulfilling-adolescent-dreams-of-glory
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lou-pearlman-backstreet-boys-nsync-remembrance-7480300/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lou-pearlman-backstreet-boys-nsync-lure-people-massive/story?id=67630954
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/13/lou-pearlman-was-disgraced-mogul-who-defrauded-s-boy-bands-then-came-million-ponzi-scheme/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qgey/that-time-lou-pearlman-tried-to-send-a-boy-band-to-space
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/we-live-in-the-pop-culture-world-that-lou-pearlman-created
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/n-sync-slapped-with-150-million-lawsuit-255197/
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/backstreet-boys-sue-pearlman-trans-continental-1403688/
Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.
Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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