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He sparked the rise of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC in the 1990s. But a decade earlier, wannabe mogul Lou Pearlman made his start in the world of aviation. With a dream, a penny stock scheme, and a single makeshift blimp, Pearlman built an empire defrauding investors.