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Michael Smith Receives 18-Month Sentence for AI Music Streaming Fraud

Michael Smith was sentenced to 18 months in prison on October 6, 2026, for using thousands of bot accounts to stream hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs billions of times and fraudulently collect more than $8 million in royalties, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New…

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  1. 2026-10-07 02:38 · Unite.AI
    Michael Smith Receives 18-Month Sentence for AI Music Streaming Fraud

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