X Sues Two Bitcoin Influencers Over Bot Army That Milked Creator Payouts
Summary
X filed a UK High Court lawsuit accusing Vivek Kumar Sen, Zamyang Sherpa, and others of running a coordinated bot network to fraudulently extract creator payouts. The complaint says six accounts cross-posted identical Bitcoin content, liked and replied to one another, and used fake or mismatched Stripe/bank details to qualify for X’s Creator Revenue Sharing program. X alleges the group manipulated engagement, hid identities across accounts, and tried to expand the scheme through additional high-follower accounts. X suspended nine accounts on August 18. It seeks about $278,000, plus damages, interest, legal costs, and recovery of investigation expenses, alleging deceit, unjust enrichment, and conspiracy.
