Lou Pearlman
This goo was worth a point in June 2025.
publication date: Saturday, June 28, 2025 (part of June 2025)
category: 
Crime
clue: He was once very much in sync with what pop music fans wanted, but his backstreet business dealings landed him in federal prison for the rest of his life.
explanation: Pearlman was a music mogul who created and/or managed many teen pop groups of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, almost all of whom sued him for fraud. In 2008, he was convicted of running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme and sentenced to decades in federal prison, where he died in 2016. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Stan Iwanchuk, and LaVonne Lemler
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