This is such nonsense. The gangs would be losing something like 90% or more of their money in the process. The only ‘proof’ stated in the article is a bunch of unverified claims by anonymous sources.
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This is such nonsense. The gangs would be losing something like 90% or more of their money in the process. The only ‘proof’ stated in the article is a bunch of unverified claims by anonymous sources.
This scheme doesn’t sound very plausible indeed, given the low payout artists get from Spotify.
Or maybe these gangs are just experimenting new ways to launder money, and haven’t figured it out yet.