X has filed a lawsuit against two of its users in London, alleging they operated a coordinated network of Bitcoin-focused accounts that collectively drew £207,384, or roughly $277,000, from the platform's Creator Revenue Sharing program — a case that shows the platform pursuing recovery through the courts rather than relying on account enforcement alone.

X Internet Unlimited Company and X Corp brought the claim in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales against Vivek Kumar Sen, Zamyang Sherpa, and “persons unknown” said to have helped run the accounts. The particulars of claim were lodged on Sept. 17 under case number BL-2026-001161 — six days after the program's planned final payout around Sept. 11.

Alongside the payout sums, X is seeking at least £75,000 ($100,000) to cover investigation, analysis, remediation, and prevention costs — a figure the company says could rise because the full extent of the alleged scheme is not yet known.

X, which Elon Musk's xAI acquired in a $33 billion deal last year, is suing on grounds of deceit, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and unlawful means conspiracy. It also claims interest under section 35A of the Senior Courts Act 1981, as well as costs. None of the allegations has been tested in court.

Six principal accounts and rapid-fire posting patterns

The claim identifies six principal handles: @Vivek4real_, @Bitcoin_Teddy, @saylordocs, @TrendingBitcoin, @Kalshibacktest, and @PolyBackTest. Payment information for the first three is connected to Sen, while the other three are tied to Sherpa. Annex A to the filing adds @BTC_Vibes, @MrSuperBitcoin, and @Laserlump — accounts X says repeatedly liked, replied to, and reposted the primary accounts' posts.

The filing cites alleged coordination in posting activity. On Aug. 13, @Vivek4real_, @saylordocs, and @Bitcoin_Teddy responded to the same third-party post within 31 seconds. On Aug. 5, @Vivek4real_ and @TrendingBitcoin published nearly identical tweets 11 seconds apart. The claim also points to similar posts on July 23, July 26, and Aug. 3. For a program that paid out on engagement, those timing patterns go to the heart of X's allegation that the accounts' reach was coordinated rather than organic.

Stripe account registered to “Stefan Mann” linked to Sen's bank

X says the operators concealed their involvement behind separate financial accounts. According to the filing, the Stripe account tied to @Bitcoin_Teddy was registered to a “Stefan Mann,” but the associated bank account was in Sen's name, and the linked email address also pointed to him. The defendants are said to have used overlapping devices, software clients, cookies, and other identifiers.

The payout schedule in the filing records £74,332.44 for @Vivek4real_, £49,441.91 for @saylordocs, and around £50,065 for @Bitcoin_Teddy, plus a smaller sum paid in Paraguayan guaraní. @TrendingBitcoin drew £22,938.35, @PolyBackTest £6,705.25, and @Kalshibacktest £3,490.71.

Program wind-down and account suspensions

Creator Revenue Sharing paid creators partly based on how much engagement their posts received. Entry required an X Premium subscription, more than five million organic impressions over three months, and more than 500 verified followers — criteria aimed at ensuring payouts reflected genuine reach, the very metric X alleges was manipulated. New sign-ups closed on Aug. 7, existing participants could continue earning through Sept. 7, and X planned a final payout around Sept. 11.

According to X, the accounts were suspended on Aug. 18, citing coordinated revenue-sharing fraud and platform manipulation, with the lawsuit following a month later. Creator Revenue Sharing has been replaced by Original Content Rewards around Sept. 7, a program that ties payouts to qualified impressions from Premium subscribers and excludes fraudulent, paid, or artificially generated impressions.

Cryptopolitan has reported that X, under product head Nikita Bier, spent much of 2026 tightening rules around crypto spam and engagement farming. Whether Sen and Sherpa contest the claim, and how the court weighs X's allegations, will be the developments to watch as the case moves through the London courts.