US man sentenced to prison for using bots to fraudulently boost music streams

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A North Carolina man has been sentenced to prison in U.S. federal court for operating a fraudulent streaming manipulation service. He used automated bots and fake accounts to artificially inflate song play counts on major music platforms. The scheme defrauded streaming services and generated illicit revenue from the distorted play counts. This case, prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, marks a legal crackdown on streaming manipulation.

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