Elon Musk's X Sues Bitcoin Account Network It Says Farmed £207,000 Via Fake Engagement

X has sued two of its own users in London, claiming they ran a cluster of Bitcoin accounts as one operation in order to manufacture engagement and collect payouts from the platform’s now-defunct Creator Revenue Sharing program.

The particulars of claim, filed September 17 in the High Court of Justice, name Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa as defendants, along with “persons unknown” alleged to have controlled additional handles. X said the scheme produced “not less than £207,384” (about $278,000) in program payments and that it spent, or expects to spend, at least £75,000 investigating and shutting it down.

X and xAI General Counsel James Burnham put the company’s position in public on Sunday.

“Last week, @X sued several people who abused Creator Revenue Sharing by operating a coordinated network of accounts, posting inauthentic content to manipulate engagement, and using multiple bank accounts to hide their scheme,” Burnham wrote. “We do not tolerate fraudulent behavior on X — and will act forcefully to protect our platform and the earnings of genuine creators.”

The allegations have not been tested in court, and neither Sen nor Sherpa has filed a public defense as of Monday.

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