[petesergeant]

> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice

It’s wire fraud

[randyrand]

Not it’s not. Creating fake accounts and instructing them to listen to music does not generate any money. The actual money generation, the actual fraud, was carried out on his behalf when the platform claimed the listens were real and charged the advertisers for it.

Under the letter of the law, this is just a TOS violation.

[pocksuppet]

What were the false or fradulent pretenses, representations, or promises?

[barrkel]

A false representation of user interest

[pocksuppet]

by accessing something on the internet with curl do I falsely represent using a browser?

[potsandpans]

Are you a lawyer?