Manu Singh / Contrarian Capital
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 3 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −120, problems around the subject, caused by others −1.5; legitimacy credit long-running +2, regulated +10; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| The subject's own conduct | -120 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -1.5 |
| Long-running | +2 |
| Regulated | +10 |
| Sum | -44 |
- No established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band (26 or above).
Score: 26/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Manu Singh, an Indian national age 34, was the Chief Executive Officer of Contrarian, a cryptocurrency market-making firm registered in the British Virgin Islands. On September 4, 2025, a federal grand jury in Oakland (N.D. Cal.) indicted Singh and three co-defendants as part of DOJ/FBI Operation Token Mirrors for alleged wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud related to coordinated pump-and-dump wash trading schemes. Singh was arrested in Singapore on October 2, 2025 at U.S. request, extradited to the United States, and made his initial court appearance in Oakland on March 30, 2026; he remained in federal custody as of that date. All charges are allegations; Singh has not been convicted and is presumed innocent.
Connected Entities
4 entities · 17 linked investigations- Manu Singh / Contrarian Capital→mentioned with→Gotbit(70%)
- Operation Token Mirrors — DOJ Crypto Market Manipulation Ring→mentioned with→Gotbit(70%)
- Manu Singh / Contrarian Capital→mentioned with→Antier Solutions(80%)
- Operation Token Mirrors — DOJ Crypto Market Manipulation Ring→mentioned with→Antier Solutions(80%)
- Gotbit→mentioned with→Operation Token Mirrors — DOJ Crypto Market Manipulation Ring(80%)
- Manu Singh / Contrarian Capital→mentioned with→Operation Token Mirrors — DOJ Crypto Market Manipulation Ring(80%)
Connected Through
4 shared actors · 17 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Gotbitorganization
- ♦Operation Token Mirrors — DOJ Crypto Market Manipulation Ringtoken
- □Antier Solutionsorganization
- □Manu Singh / Contrarian Capitalorganization
Timeline(5 events)
9 October 2024
DOJ and FBI publicly announce Operation Token Mirrors Phase 1 (D. Mass.) charging 18 individuals and entities including Gotbit. Prosecutors subsequently allege Contrarian deleted Telegram messages and ceased undercover token trading following this announcement.
DOJ District of Massachusetts press release4 September 2025
Federal grand jury in Oakland (N.D. Cal.) returns sealed indictment charging Manu Singh (CEO), Kushagra Srivastava (CFO), Vasu Sharma, and Sabby Singh with wire fraud conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 1349) and wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343).
DOJ USAO-NDCA press release; IRS Criminal Investigation2 October 2025
Manu Singh and Vasu Sharma arrested in Singapore at the request of the United States. Vortex CEO Gleb Gora also arrested in Singapore the same day. Arrests coordinated with Singapore Police Force and Attorney-General's Chambers.
IRS Criminal Investigation press release30 March 2026
DOJ USAO-NDCA unseals three coordinated indictments covering ten defendants from Gotbit, Vortex, Antier, and Contrarian. Manu Singh and Vasu Sharma make initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge in Oakland following extradition. Both reported in federal custody.
DOJ USAO-NDCA press release; CoinTelegraphApril 2026
Multiple news outlets confirm Singh and Sharma in federal custody following Oakland initial appearance. No plea entered as of this date.
The Star; CoinTelegraph; India WestDecision Log
- slot 455360492 · hash FRsQLNg1wHLRvC1uoW9ty4GGQMC6dhCmKbh1Txo6FPZd
- slot 423913325 · hash EPjPETJQdZysaTFU9DcW37VynAtoYYj88WTzyEb4Lxej
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 15 of 15 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/2/2026, 11:56:25 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:41:27 PM
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