FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist - eviltoast
Feds say it's the first US criminal case involving artificially inflated music streaming.

I am just impressed by the idea and execution. Just wow. Too bad he took it too far.

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    From justice.gov:

    SMITH, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and money laundering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.