X Sues UK Residents for Fraudulent Activity in Creator Revenue Sharing Program
Elon Musk's social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against two UK residents, Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa, alleging they operated multiple fake accounts to fraudulently collect $277,000 from the company’s Creator Revenue Sharing program. The defendants are accused of running at least nine coordinated crypto-themed accounts that posted nearly identical content in rapid succession to artificially inflate engagement metrics such as likes, reposts, and replies. X claims these actions were designed to make the accounts appear independently popular, thereby increasing their share of ad revenue from the platform’s program. The company suspended the accounts on August 18 after detecting fraudulent activity and is now seeking recovery of $277,000 in payments made plus an additional $100,000 for investigation costs. The lawsuit highlights overlapping financial details across multiple accounts linked to Sen, including a Stripe payment account registered under a false name. X has published the full legal filing on its transparency page and emphasized it will take forceful action against fraud.
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