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The Con Artist who Faked an Airline
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Lou Pearlman created a fake airline company by using small model airplanes and bogus investments to convince people of its legitimacy, while he was borrowing money from banks and stealing money from bands. FBI agents finally caught Lou Pearlman in Bali, Indonesia, in 2007 after investors realized they were never seeing any money in return.

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