The massive fraud scheme involved hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks uploaded under fictitious artist names

According to court documents, Michael Smith, of Cornelius, North Carolina, worked with co-conspirators between 2017 and 2024 to fraudulently inflate plays of AI-generated music on Spotify, ...

Musician sent to prison for $10 million streaming fraud using AI bots

A North Carolina musician was sentenced to 18 months in prison for collecting more than $10 million in royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music in a massive streaming ...