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u/ComputerHelpPro 8h ago
Wasn't he sentenced for identity theft because he used other people's illicitly obtained credit cards?
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u/TelephoneNorth8640 8h ago
He wasn't arrested for staged and even bot streaming. This could debatabley be fraud, but...
He was arrested for identity theft and stolen credit and banking info...
Totally misleading meme without proper academic sources.
This is like saying that knife murderer was "arrested after buying a knife," crazy country!!! ....
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u/Squarehip123 8h ago
Academic sources for a meme?
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u/98983x3 8h ago
Its not really a meme, but an image pretending to share irl news.
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u/FrameJump 8h ago
Oooh... so it's just a news article then.
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u/98983x3 7h ago
No, more like fake news/rage bait
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u/Otterfan 7h ago
No, he was sentenced for wire fraud for the streaming.
He did those other things, but he plead to the wire fraud to avoid spending the next twenty years in federal prison on those charges.
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u/Arenize 8h ago
Pretty sure the actual arrest reason was the multiple counts of fraud and identity theft that were committed by stealing credit cards to pay for said bots.
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u/rand0m_task 8h ago
Yeah, I feel like a streaming service could bring up a civil case over this but you’re not getting jail time for it.. in regards to the scheme he ran..
But identity theft yeah, that’ll get ya.
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u/ecky--ptang-zooboing 8h ago
A screenshot of a quote of a tweet? What's the source on this?
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u/sovietarmyfan 7h ago
Meanwhile openai's bots run wild hacking companies and they don't even get a fine or government investigating it.
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u/Silly-Strawberry705 6h ago
Now if he took the money out into crypto or didn’t have to pay it all back it might not be a bad deal
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u/Top-Okra1819 2h ago
Imagine getting sentenced because your bots had better streaming habits than actual humans
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u/GreenGhoblin 7h ago
I hate AI but I can’t hate the player for exploiting it. Same way I hate crypto scams but if your dumbass falls for it you deserve it.
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u/Specialist-Web-9216 8h ago
A year and a half ain't bad for 8 mil. With good behavior he won't even do the full time
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u/Soggy_Definition_232 8h ago
He doesn't keep the money moron.
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u/OnlyRepliesYesOrNo 8h ago
He’s saying the punishment for that crime (notwithstanding the return of the money) is a pretty good deal for the offender.
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u/Specialist-Web-9216 8h ago
Where does it say in my comment he gets to keep the money? Are you brain dead?
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u/towerfella 8h ago
Why he go to jail and Musk or AI bros don’t?
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u/No_Influence_9389 8h ago
Setting up an AI circle jerk to defraud investors is currently the standard business model. There's no problem there, but this guy also stole people's identities.
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u/Demon-_-TiMe 8h ago
transfer the money to a swiss bank bang in 18 months your in new amsterdam fucking the finest strippers off blow
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u/ComprehensiveBad2540 4h ago
okay so making AI songs, uploading to spotify and using bots to stream the songs is NOT a crime?
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