Record producer Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He agreed to forfeit $8 million, the same amount he scammed from the streaming platforms.

Before the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” hits theaters, Netflix is streaming the real Michael Jackson’s first movie role.

From 2017 to 2024, 52-year-old Michael Smith, from Cornelius, North Carolina, and his co-conspirators ran a large-scale fraud scheme that artificially boosted the stream counts of ...