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Mike Smith was sentenced by a federal court to 18 months in prison for using AI to generate music and botnets to inflate streams, and was ordered to repay $8,091,843.64 in illicit proceeds.

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10/14/2026
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The $8 Million AI Music Scam: How One Man Used AI Songs and Bot Traffic to Defraud Streaming Platforms

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