X sues users for £207,384 extracted from Creator Revenue Sharing program

X has filed suit in London against two of its own users, accusing them of running a coordinated network of Bitcoin-themed accounts that extracted £207,384 (about $277,000) from its Creator Revenue Sharing payout program. The case, filed a month after X suspended the accounts, offers institutional crypto investors a rare look at how platforms are policing engagement farming tied to crypto content.

• X Internet Unlimited Company and X Corp filed the claim on September 17, 2026 under case number BL-2026-001161 in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales.
• The claim alleges six principal accounts split between defendants Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa, with the largest single payout of £74,332.44 going to the handle @Vivek4real_.
• X wants at least £75,000 ($100,000) in investigation and remediation costs on top of the disputed payouts, a figure it says could grow.

• £207,384 total Creator Revenue Sharing payouts X is trying to claw back
• £75,000 minimum extra costs sought for fraud investigation and remediation
• 31 sec window in which three accused accounts replied to one post

X is suing two of its own users in London over allegations that they ran a coordinated network of Bitcoin-focused accounts to siphon £207,384, roughly $277,000, from its now-retired Creator Revenue Sharing program. The particulars of claim, lodged on September 17, 2026, name Vivek Kumar Sen, Zamyang Sherpa, and unnamed associates, according to Cryptopolitan’s report. X suspended the accounts on August 18, 2026, citing coordinated revenue-sharing fraud, then waited roughly a month before filing suit.

X Ties Six Handles to Two Defendants Across £207,384 in Payouts

The complaint names six principal handles: @Vivek4real_, @Bitcoin_Teddy, and @saylordocs, which X links to Sen’s payment records, and @TrendingBitcoin, @Kalshibacktest, and @PolyBackTest, tied to Sherpa. A separate annex lists three more accounts, @BTC_Vibes, @MrSuperBitcoin, and @Laserlump, that X says existed mainly to like, reply to, and repost the primary six.

The payout table in the filing shows @Vivek4real_ collected £74,332.44, the largest sum among the six, against £49,441.91 for @saylordocs and about £50,065 for @Bitcoin_Teddy. @TrendingBitcoin drew £22,938.35, @PolyBackTest £6,705.25, and @Kalshibacktest £3,490.71, with a smaller sum paid out in Paraguayan guaraní.

X’s evidence for coordination centers on near-simultaneous posting. On August 13, 2026, three of the accused accounts allegedly replied to the same third-party post within 31 seconds of each other. On August 5, 2026, two accounts allegedly posted nearly identical text just 11 seconds apart, with similar overlaps flagged on July 23, July 26, and August 3.

Filing Ties a “Stefan Mann” Stripe Account Back to Sen

X alleges the defendants used separate financial identities to obscure the connection between accounts. The Stripe account linked to @Bitcoin_Teddy was registered under the name “Stefan Mann,” but the underlying bank account and email address both traced back to Sen, according to the complaint.

X says the accounts also shared overlapping devices, browser cookies, and software clients. The company is suing for deceit, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and unlawful means conspiracy, and is seeking interest under section 35A of the Senior Courts Act 1981.

None of the allegations has been tested in court. Creator Revenue Sharing required X Premium subscription, more than 5 million organic impressions over three months, and at least 500 verified followers, a bar that made the accused accounts’ apparent output notable relative to typical creator volumes on the platform.

Program’s Replacement Cuts Off the Route X Says Was Exploited

X stopped accepting new Creator Revenue Sharing sign-ups on August 7, 2026, and let existing participants earn through September 7, 2026, with a final payout planned around September 11, 2026. The program was then replaced by Original Content Rewards, which ties payouts to qualified impressions from Premium subscribers and explicitly excludes fraudulent, paid, or artificially generated engagement.

Cryptopolitan has reported that X, under product head Nikita Bier, spent much of 2026 tightening rules around crypto spam and engagement farming. The lawsuit lands as the platform’s broader effort to clean up its Bitcoin-adjacent creator economy moves from policy changes into active litigation.

The CCS read. This case matters less for the £207,384 at stake than for the template it sets. Platforms that pay creators based on engagement metrics are discovering that Bitcoin and crypto content is a magnet for coordinated farming, and X’s move from account suspension to a formal fraud complaint with device and payment-trail evidence signals other platforms weighing similar programs, including exchanges experimenting with creator payouts tied to trading volume, will face the same enforcement pressure once volume gets large enough to matter.

The claim remains untested, and Sen and Sherpa have not filed a public response in case BL-2026-001161. X is also seeking to recover its investigation and remediation costs beyond the £75,000 floor, a figure the company says could rise once the full scope of the alleged scheme is established in court.