In 2021, Jose “Chanel” Teran of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Webster Batista Fernandez of Doral, Florida, were accused of stealing royalties from YouTube by claiming to own the rights to over 50,000 unmonetized Spanish-language songs and uploading them to the platform. In some instances, forged notes from the artists in question…
Man who stole more than $23 million in YouTube music royalties scam faces 70-month prison sentence
by // June 26, 2023