A former employee of Eminem has been arrested by the FBI after a collection of unreleased tracks from the Detroit rap legend appeared online earlier this year.

Joseph Strange, 46, from Holly, Michigan, now faces a possible 10-year prison sentence after being charged with criminal copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods.

According to the FBI, Strange received approximately $50,000 in Bitcoin from a Canadian man, who allegedly organized a group of Eminem fans to raise the funds, the Detroit Free Press reported. This money was paid in exchange for the unauthorized release of the rapper’s unreleased songs.

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