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North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty In Streaming Fraud
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Mike Smith, a North Carolina man, pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and agreed to repay nearly $8.1 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said Smith used AI music generators and bot-controlled accounts to generate millions of fraudulent streams, marking the first criminal case targeting AI-assisted music streaming fraud and spotlighting royalty-siphoning risks.
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