Michael Smith stole over $10 million in royalties ...

"Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real," U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said.

Miley Cyrus, Lisa Kudrow and Annie Murphy. No matter how many years pass, these songs have made their mark on our collective consciousness, seemingly for good. And no, it doesn't matter that they are ...

Apple Music doubled its streaming fraud penalties to 50% after detecting 2 billion fake streams in 2025, targeting AI-powered scammers. Apple Music just made streaming fraud way more expensive for ...

Michael Smith pleads guilty in a landmark 8 million AI music streaming fraud case, as prosecutors and platforms warn of ...

Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots ...

There have been several examples of new tracks or albums seemingly released by artists that turned to be fake. Now Spotify is cracking down.