getting bots to fake engagement for a profit is money laundering, believe it or not. its a pretty vague crime that basically amounts to getting paid in a way thats deceptive, in this case the deception is the bots.
It’s not money laundering, they were creating fake engagement and getting advertising revenue out of it.
HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Hmm. If that’s true, the legal definition and the definition we typically use are very different.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Could be if the revenue was paid out to non existing aliasses and then transferred to himself.
But getting paid royalties directly by Spotify would not need to be laundered as it’s legit money for the irs.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah, it’s just a good old fashioned grift by the sound of it.