DJ gang arrested over £200,000 royalty scam
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A gang have pocketed £200,000 in bogus royalties, according to police, after downloading their own music from iTunes and Amazon.com using stolen credit cards.
Police arrested nine people in London, Birmingham, Kent and Wolverhampton following a joint international investigation with the FBI that began in February. A London DJ was among the gang, who police believe uploaded music to iTunes and Amazon.com before spending £460,000 to buy the tracks using stolen credit cards. The gang allegedly compiled 19 songs to put online and then used distribution service Tunecore to upload the tracks to websites before downloading them at £6 a time.
[via MusicRadar ]
