On September 17, X filed a complaint with the High Court in London against two Britons and several unidentified operators. The platform accuses them of artificially inflating the engagement of six Bitcoin-focused accounts in order to earn at least £207,384 through its former creator pay program.
In brief
- X is seeking £207,384 in payments, plus at least £75,000 in costs.
- Six Bitcoin accounts are at the heart of the complaint, three of which are allegedly linked to Vivek Kumar Sen and three to Zamyang Sherpa.
- The charges have not yet been examined in court and no decision has been made.
Six Bitcoin accounts and over 207,000 pounds
X Internet Unlimited Company and X Corp. seized the Business List of the High Court on September 17. The two companies are suing Vivek Kumar Sen, Zamyang Sherpa and “persons unknown”.
According to the complaint, the accounts allegedly worked in a coordinated manner to artificially increase their engagement and obtain more revenue through the Creator Revenue Sharing Program, X’s former compensation system.
THE document figures the payments at 207,384.94 pounds. The @Vivek4real_ account would have received 74,332.44 pounds, compared to 49,441.91 pounds for @saylordocs. @Bitcoin_Teddy, for his part, would have received around 50,476 pounds in two payments. Three other accounts together reportedly received £33,134.31.
X réclame également au moins 75 000 livres pour couvrir les coûts liés à son enquête, à l’analyse du réseau et aux mesures prises pour éviter que le système ne se reproduise.
Accounts linked together
The platform claims to have identified several links between the accounts. The Stripe account associated with @Bitcoin_Teddy is reportedly registered under the name “Stefan Mann,” while the bank account used to receive the funds is believed to belong to Vivek Kumar Sen.
X also discusses common devices, client software and cookies. The publications would also have presented similarities. In one case cited in the complaint, two accounts focused on bitcoin allegedly published very similar content with only eleven seconds apart. Other accounts would have liked, shared or commented on each other’s publications to increase their visibility.
X notably invokes fraud, breach of contract, unjustified enrichment and illicit association. The affected accounts have been suspended on August 18 for what the platform describes as coordinated revenue sharing fraud. No defense or court decision was publicly available as of September 21.
X also changes its remuneration system
The case comes as X has just ended its former Creator Revenue Sharing Program. Since September 8, the platform has been gradually rolling out its new program, called Original Content Rewards.
To access it, creators must have a Premium subscription, at least 500 verified subscribers and have generated 500,000 impressions on the main feed from verified users in the last 90 days. Artificial, paid or promotional impressions are not taken into account.
The timing of the complaint therefore attracts attention. The first account cited would have joined the old program in August 2023, while the six accounts concerned were only suspended on August 18, 2026. The procedure will now have to determine whether X’s accusations are founded and what sums, if any, will have to be reimbursed.
At this time, there is no indication that the funds have been recovered and no hearing has been scheduled. The affair could above all serve as a test for X’s new remuneration system, while Elon Musk’s platform seeks to limit engagement manipulation and undue payments.
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