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 −98, problems around the subject, caused by others −3; legitimacy credit long-running +2; 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 | -98 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -3 |
| Long-running | +2 |
| Sum | -34 |
- 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, 34, is the alleged CEO of Contrarian Capital, a British Virgin Islands-registered cryptocurrency market-making firm. On September 4, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted Singh and three associates on charges of wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy as part of DOJ and FBI Operation Token Mirrors, a multi-firm undercover enforcement action targeting coordinated pump-and-dump market manipulation. Singh and co-defendant Vasu Sharma were arrested in Singapore on October 2, 2025 and extradited to the United States; both were in federal custody as of their initial appearance in Oakland on March 30, 2026. 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(7 events)
9 October 2024
DOJ publicly announces first phase of Operation Token Mirrors charges (District of Massachusetts), targeting Gotbit and related firms using the undercover NexFundAI token. Prosecutors allege Contrarian subsequently deleted Telegram messages and ceased Powerlink trading after this announcement.
DOJ District of Massachusetts press release2 June 2025
Gotbit defendant Antoine Tsao sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in Oakland following guilty plea.
TRM Labs analysis of N.D. Cal. case4 September 2025
Federal grand jury in Oakland (N.D. Cal.) returns indictment charging Manu Singh, Kushagra Srivastava, Vasu Sharma, and Sabby Singh with wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy.
DOJ N.D. Cal. press release2 October 2025
Manu Singh and Vasu Sharma arrested in Singapore at the request of the United States government. Gleb Gora (Vortex CEO) also arrested in Singapore on the same date.
IRS Criminal Investigation press release; The Star (Malaysia)10 February 2026
Gotbit defendant Nemanja Popov sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín after guilty plea.
TRM Labs analysis of N.D. Cal. case30 March 2026
Three N.D. Cal. indictments unsealed. Manu Singh, Vasu Sharma, and Gleb Gora make initial appearances before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Oakland following extradition from Singapore. All three reported in federal custody.
DOJ N.D. Cal. press release; IRS Criminal Investigation; CoinTelegraphApril 2026
News reports confirm Singh and Sharma in federal custody following initial court appearance in Oakland. No plea entered reported as of this date.
The Star (Malaysia); CoinTelegraph; India WestDecision Log
- slot 455361825 · hash DEMxgknAozYveJhHNYbL8ojUboBRoG7urUPA9fzuArSj
- slot 423902878 · hash JEGC6dGjkFRuzQbBpPiL1GzvNb1EXwgFSR4FETjF83oX
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 14 of 14 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 6/2/2026, 10:47:02 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:42:21 PM
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