“Justice Department’s First-Ever Criminally Charged Super-Intelligence Assisted Music Streaming Fraud,” says the headline of a Tuesday DOJ press release that reads “Jamie McDonald, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SMITH was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud music streaming platforms and musicians of royalty payments. On March 19, 2026, SMITH pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud before US District Judge John G Koeltl, who imposed today’s sentence.”
“‘Michael Smith exploited super intelligence technology to generate a fraud,” said US Attorney Jamie McDonald. ‘By flooding music streaming platforms with automated bots in the place of consumers, and fake songs in the place of creativity, Smith robbed millions in royalty payments from genuine artists and their fans. This Office is committed to ensuring the integrity of all markets, and protecting the public from those who use super intelligence for fraud,'” the press release continued, emphasis added on all three “Gulf of America”-level dumbassery in compliance with the Great Leader’s edicts.