{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Oh My Fraud","title":"Lou Pearlman: The King of Ponzi Pop","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c5e8fc53\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2977,"description":"In the 1990s, a blimp enthusiast with a checkered business record inexplicably dominates pop music by assembling not one but two boy bands.\n \nGet NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE\nLaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE\nDownload the app:\nApple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728\nAndroid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app\nQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.\nCONNECT WITH CALEB\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/\nSOURCES:\nLou Pearlman [Wikipedia]\nBaron Blimp Lou Pearlman, head of Airship International Ltd., is fulfilling adolescent dreams of glory [Sports Illustrated]\nLou Pearlman, Boy Band Impresario, Blimp Tycoon, and Bunco Artist, Dead at 62 [Slate]\nHow Lou Pearlman used Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC to lure people into massive Ponzi scheme [ABC News]\n*NSYNC, O-Town members on learning the truth about Lou Pearlman [ABC News]\n*NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys: The True Story Behind Their Epic Boy Band Rivalry [E! Online]\nLance Bass on the 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys rivalry: 'The animosity was real' [Yahoo Entertainment]\nBackstreet Boys Turn 25: Untold Stories [Entertainment Tonight]\nLou Pearlman Ran 1 of America's Biggest Ponzi Schemes [A&E]\nPop Dreams and Ponzi Schemes [Schneider Downs]\nThe \"Con\" in Trans Continental: Lou Pearlman [Gavin P. Smith]\nAS HE RAN, CASE WAS BUILT [Tampa Bay Times]\nIN JAIL AND ON THE PHONE, LOU PEARLMAN REVERSES THE CHARGES [Tampa Bay Times]\nVictims who lost millions in Pearlman Ponzi scheme could recover a pittance [WFTV]\nBackstreet Boys' Lou Pearlman's Prison Interview: My Ponzi Scheme Was Smarter Than Madoff's [The Hollywood Reporter]\nLou Pearlman Dead: Remembering the Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync and More [The Hollywood Reporter]\nLou Pearlman, disgraced creator of 'NSync and Backstreet Boys, dies [NBC News]\nNetflix's 'Dirty Pop' exposes Lou Pearlman's deceptive role in 'NSYNC and Backstreet Boys' fame [MSNBC]\nThe True...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/V3sROdskrgNmZBYExPlAy2rW-LQxPnyrajU38BejRyM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMWQz/NzRiYWZmMjg2Yzlj/NTM5MGI5ZjFiMWJj/MjgxOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}