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Michael Smith Sentenced to 18 Months for AI-Driven Music Streaming Fraud

The judge ordered roughly $8.09 million forfeited and two years of supervised release in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal case tying bot-driven plays and AI-generated songs to wire fraud.