Music Producer Arrested for Allegedly Using AI-Generated Songs in $10 Million Streaming Scam
September 4, 2024
Michael Smith was arrested for allegedly using AI-generated songs and fake streaming accounts to scam over $10 million in royalties from major music platforms. By creating hundreds of thousands of songs and employing bots to artificially inflate streams, Smith circumvented fraud detection systems. The scheme was exposed after suspicions arose regarding the rapid generation of music and streaming anomalies.
- Alleged deployer
- michael-smith
- Alleged developer
- unknown-ai-music-company
- Alleged harmed parties
- spotify, music-streaming-services, apple-music, amazon-music
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