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Pearlman, Backstreet Boys producer, dies in prison
WASHINGTON: Lou Pearlman, the producer who launched the hit 1990s boy band groups Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence
Published on: Aug 23, 2016, 10:51:50 IST
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WASHINGTON: Lou Pearlman, the producer who launched the hit 1990s boy band groups Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for bilking investors of $300 million. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said the disgraced businessman died on Friday. He was 62. Pearlman was convicted in 2008 of fraud and cheating investors out of more than $300 million through Ponzi and bank-fraud schemes that lasted two decades. Pop star Justin Timberlake, a former member of NSYNC, tweeted he hoped Pearlman had “found some peace”.
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