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Brazilian Man Arrested For Uploading Over 400 Fake Songs To Spotify

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Brazilian authorities have apprehended and formally charged an individual implicated in a sophisticated scheme involving the fraudulent upload of over 400 counterfeit music tracks to the Spotify platform. The accused, whose identity remains undisclosed, is alleged to have amassed approximately $65,000 through the manipulation of streaming statistics, garnering over 28 million plays.   The arrest, a culmination of “Operation Out of Tune,” was exe…
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Streaming fraud in the spotlight again as charges brought over scam using tracks stolen via WhatsApp

An individual in Brazil has been charged over their involvement in a streaming fraud scheme that generated over $65,000 in Spotify royalties. The alleged fraudster is accused of manipulating the streams of over 400 tracks that they uploaded as part of the scam, some of which were stolen from local artists and composers via WhatsApp groups.The charges have been made by the cybercrime unit at the Prosecutor’s Office of the state of Goias. They fol…

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Brazilian Man Arrested For Uploading Over 400 Fake Songs To Spotify

Brazilian authorities have apprehended and formally charged an individual implicated in a sophisticated scheme involving the fraudulent upload of over 400 counterfeit music tracks to the Spotify platform. The accused, whose identity remains undisclosed, is alleged to have amassed approximately $65,000 through the manipulation of streaming statistics, garnering over 28 million plays.   The arrest, a culmination of “Operation Out of Tune,” was exe…

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Brazilian streaming-fraud charges centre on 28m ‘fake plays’

Brazil’s Operation Out of Tune in Brazil is, sadly, nothing to do with arresting bossa nova musicians who’ve struck one bum-note too many. The post is from Music Ally.

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musically.com broke the news in on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
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