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.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/musician-gets-18-months-in-prison-for-10-million-streaming-fraud-using-ai-bots/
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