X has filed a lawsuit against two people accused of operating a coordinated network of Bitcoin-focused accounts to manipulate engagement and collect creator payments. The platform identified the defendants as Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa.
The claim alleges that the defendants received at least GBP 207,384, worth about USD 278,000, through X’s former Creator Revenue Sharing Program. X wants the High Court of Justice in England and Wales to order repayment, damages, and legal costs.
X Internet Unlimited Company and X Corp filed the case on September 17, 2026. According to the legal complaint, Sen and Sherpa controlled or helped operate six accounts that appeared to belong to separate cryptocurrency content publishers.
However, X alleges that the accounts worked together to increase their visibility. Several accounts reportedly shared the same Bitcoin news, charts and capitalized headlines within seconds of one another. Other accounts then added short replies such as ‘Bullish,’ ‘Legend,’ and ‘Massive.’
The complaint states that the accounts also liked, replied to, and reposted one another’s content. These actions allegedly created engagement that X treated as genuine when calculating creator payments. The filing presents the claims as allegations, and the court has not issued a ruling on them.
X General Counsel James Burnham announced the lawsuit through an X post. “We do not tolerate fraudulent behavior on X—and will act forcefully to protect our platform and the earnings of genuine creators,” Burnham said.
The lawsuit claims that account and payment records connected the supposed independent operators. One profile reportedly listed a person called ‘Stefan Mann’ as its payment recipient, but the linked bank account belonged to Sen.
Another account was registered under Sherpa’s name, while its email address reportedly connected it to Sen. Two accounts also used billing addresses in Delaware, although the defendants lived in Preston, England, according to the filing.
X further alleges that the operators used overlapping devices, financial accounts, and contact details. These records allowed investigators to connect the six profiles despite the use of different names and online identities.
The complaint also refers to a message in which Sen allegedly offered to buy an established X account. He then asked the owner to continue the discussion through an encrypted application. The filing quotes him as saying, “I don’t want us to get in trouble for something X doesn’t allow. If you can understand what I mean.”
X suspended the accounts on August 18, 2026, after identifying the alleged coordinated activity. The company’s claims include fraud and breach of contract. It is seeking the return of the creator payments, further damages, interest, and its legal expenses.
The platform has since ended its Creator Revenue Sharing Program. X replaced it in September with Original Content Rewards, which bases payments on qualifying views of original posts. The revised system excludes artificial engagement and content copied without added value.
The case follows an earlier lawsuit against eight alleged click-farm operators in Hanoi, Vietnam. In that action, X also accused account operators of generating false engagement to obtain creator payouts.
X has presented the latest case as part of its effort to protect legitimate creators. However, the allegations against Sen, Sherpa and any unidentified operators remain subject to review by the UK court.
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