News Michael Smith, man behind $8M AI song and bot streaming fraud, sentenced to 18 months in prison US District Judge John G. Koeltl also ordered Michael Smith to forfeit USD $8,091,843.64, the loss figure agreed by both sides.
News Man who pocketed $8m using AI songs and bot streams asks for no prison time, arguing ‘no artist suffered any perceptible harm’ Michael Smith's lawyers argued that his scheme caused only "tiny, immeasurable losses" spread across millions of songwriters and artists, Billboard reported.
News Spotify: We accounted for less than 1% of $10m generated in US streaming fraud case The company says it "invests heavily" in tools to detect and prevent streaming fraud
News Michael Smith promoted to EVP of Sony Music UK Lawyer has led Simon Cowell, Red Essential, Insanity and Black Butter deals