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Michael Smith si dichiara colpevole di frode streaming AI

Michael Smith si è dichiarato colpevole di un piano che ha usato tracce generate con AI e migliaia di bot per gonfiare le riproduzioni. Ha deviato oltre 8 milioni di dollari in royalties tra il 2017 e il 2024 su Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music e YouTube Music. Secondo i procuratori l'operazione ha generato miliardi di stream falsi usando VPN e account registrati in bulk; Smith ha concordato la confisca di circa 8,09 milioni e rischia fino a cinque anni di carcere.

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Cronologia

• 20 mar Segnalato da The Record from Recorded Future

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• 20 mar The Record from Recorded Future

  Man pleads guilty to $8 million AI-generated music scheme

  Michael Smith, 54, admitted to inflating streaming numbers for hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs by deploying thousands of fake accounts across major platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music.

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• 20 mar Help Net Security

  Fake AI songs streamed billions of times, netting fraudster $10 million - Help Net Security

  Man pleads guilty in fraud case using AI, music streaming bots and generated songs to divert millions in royalties from artists.

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• 20 mar BleepingComputer

  Musician admits to $10M streaming royalty fraud using AI bots

  North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.

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Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-03-21

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