This episode is brought to you by Con Artists, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Con Artists free on Spotify!  For over 20 years, music mogul Lou Pearlman perpetrated one of the longest-running Ponzi schemes in history, scamming investors out of more than $300 million. His years spent bankrolling his pricey lifestyle and promising premium profits came to a crashing halt in the 2000s, shortly after his former boy band *NSYNC told him "Bye, Bye, Bye."