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

Reported by BleepingComputer (Sergiu Gatlan)

Summary by Cyber Security News7 Oct 2026, 12:35 CET

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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 royalty fraud scheme.

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