Man who made $8 million in AI streaming fraud scheme given 18-month prison sentence
Michael Smith – the North Carolina man who was found guilty of a scheme to use bots listening to his ...
Tag: Fraud
“Price of Pain” Prod. by Harry Fraud is the Greatest Dave East Has Sounded Since Leaving Def Jam (Album Review)
Harlem, New York emcee Dave East reuniting with Harry Fraud for his 6th solo LP. Breaking out in 2014 off his 8th mixtape Black ...
Napster’s ‘$3bn investor’ charged with fraud as US authorities say the money never existed
US authorities have charged a North Carolina man with fraud, alleging that he used forged bank records and a fake ...
Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We.
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes ...
Are Bots Taking Over Music?
The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and ...
Streaming fraud man who pocketed $8m using hundreds of thousands of AI songs streamed billions of times by bots pleads guilty
The man at the center of what’s been described as the first-ever criminal prosecution for AI-assisted streaming fraud in the ...
‘End Streaming Fraud.’ – Music Business Worldwide
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed ...
Beatdapp launches ‘Trust & Safety Operating System’ to combat fraud beyond music streaming
Beatdapp, a tech company that specializes in fraud detection for digital platforms, is launching a trust and safety system aimed ...
”Made by Dope” Prod. by Harry Fraud Takes Bruiser Wolf’s Unique Cadence to New Levels (Album Review)
Detroit, Michigan emcee Bruiser Wolf releasing his 4th studio LP. A member of the Bruiser Brigade collective, his 2021 solo debut Dope Game Stupid would ...
Founder of music streaming service BlueBeat indicted over alleged $3.1m fraud scheme
A federal grand jury has indicted Hank Risan, the 70-year-old founder of purported music streaming service BlueBeat, on four counts ...
