The dark side of Backstreet Boys and NSYNC: scams, lawsuits and a fallen empire

Behind the global phenomenon represented by Backstreet Boys and NSYNC in the 1990s, there was a central character whose story ended far from the stage and fame. Lou Pearlman, the entrepreneur who gathered and launched these bands, operated at the same time one of the longest financial scams in U.S. history. More news: The touching tribute to Liam Payne, former One Direction, in the Grammys The origin of the empire of the boy bands Pearlman found…