‚Describing the process, he said the gangs would convert their dirty cash to #bitcoin, then used the cryptocurrency to pay people who sold fake streams on #Spotify, which is a Swedish company.

They “made sure we ended up at the top of the charts”, he said, adding that the fake streams also led to an uptick in real streams.‘

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/05/swedish-criminal-gangs-using-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money

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Elon's inspiration? Laundering as a service?