X sues Bitcoin influencers over £207,384 scheme

• X has sued two named defendants over an alleged £207,384 creator-revenue scheme.
• The company alleges six primary accounts formed a network that manipulated engagement to increase payouts.
• X is seeking repayment, damages and at least £75,000 in additional costs.

X has sued two named defendants and unidentified account operators over an alleged £207,384 creator-revenue scheme.

The company has alleged that six Bitcoin-focused accounts operated together to manipulate engagement and increase Creator Revenue Sharing payouts.

X has claimed that the accounts generated at least £207,384 in payouts through coordinated activity before the platform suspended them on August 18.

The lawsuit names Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa alongside unidentified people who allegedly controlled related accounts.

X has alleged that the accounts posted similar content, interacted with each other and used overlapping technical and financial details.

The company has estimated at least £75,000 in additional costs for investigation, analysis, remediation and prevention.

X has brought claims including deceit, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and unlawful-means conspiracy, but the allegations have not been adjudicated.

X has also replaced Creator Revenue Sharing with its Original Content Rewards programme, which excludes fraudulent and artificially generated engagement from eligible payouts.