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North Carolina Man to Pay $8 Million After Pleading Guilty In First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Mike Smith was indicted in 2024 after using AI and bots to generate and stream thousands of songs, siphoning millions of dollars away from recording artists.

Reported by The Hollywood Reporter.