Dacxi Review: Ed Ludbrook’s DAC Ponzi points
Dacxi provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.
Dacxi’s website domain (“dacxi.com”) was privately registered back in mid 2017.
Perusal of Dacxi’s social media profiles reveals Ed Ludbrook is founder and CEO of the company:
Why this information is not provided on Dacxi’s website is unclear.
Ed Ludbrook’s MLM claim to fame was his appointment as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Chief Leadership Officer and Asia Ambassador for OneCoin.
Shortly after joining OneCoin, Ludbrook stated the company was
a multi-trillion dollar opportunity that any fool will recognise once educated with the facts.
In July 2016 Ludbrook aggressively dismissed concerns OneCoin was a Ponzi scheme at one of his marketing events.
Ten months after OneCoin collapsed in early 2017, Ludbrook claimed he was misled by then founder and then CEO Ruja Ignatova.
US authorities have since confirmed OneCoin was a $4 billion dollar Ponzi scheme.
The DOJ is currently pursuing criminal cases against several OneCoin executives and insiders (including Ruja Ignatova).
During his time at OneCoin, Ed Ludbrook claims OneCoin’s affiliate investor-base grew from 600,000 to 2.5 million.
To date Ludbrook has not publicly apologized for his role in misleading OneCoin investors and causing widespread losses.
How much Ludbrook received in stolen OneCoin investor funds to promote the Ponzi scheme is unknown.
Read on for a full review of Dacxi’s MLM opportunity.
Dacxi’s Products
Dacxi has no retailable products or services, with affiliates only able to market Dacxi affiliate membership itself.
Dacxi’s Compensation Plan
Dacxi affiliates invest in “bundles”. Commissions are paid when they recruit others who do the same.
The minimum Dacxi bundle investment amount is $100.
A Dacxi bundle is split over various cryptocurrencies as follows:
- bitcoin – 50%
- ethereum – 20%
- litecoin – 10%
- DAC – 20%
Dacxi affiliates can also directly invest in DAC (minimum $100).
DAC is an internal Dacxi token. It is not publicly tradeable and holds no value outside of Dacxi.
Recruitment Commissions
Dacxi affiliates earn 10% of funds invested in bundles by personally recruited affiliates.
A residual 2.5% commission is paid on funds invested in bundles by affiliates recruited by personally recruited affiliates (level 2).
Direct DAC investment by personally recruited affiliates attracts a 20% commission. 5% is paid on level 2 direct DAC investment.
Dacxi pays all recruitment commissions in equivalent DAC tokens.
Hold Bonus
Dacxi affiliates receive a 50% DAC bonus if they invest $1000 or more and do nothing with their tokens for 180 days.
Joining Dacxi
Dacxi affiliate membership is tied to a minimum $100 bundle investment.
Conclusion
Ed Ludbrook’s Dacxi hasn’t fallen far from the OneCoin Ponzi tree.
Dacxi solicits investment in real money, but primarily operates via DAC.
The DAC Coin is the internal currency of the global Dacxi Economy.
As Dacxi expands by country, product, crowd size and services, the demand for DAC Coins will increase.
DAC has no value outside of Dacxi. Whatever the current internal value Dacxi assigns DAC is not published on their website or otherwise made public.
The closest I was able to find is the following amounts, quoted as accurate as of September 2019:
USD – 0.0135
AUD – 0.0196
UK – 0.0107
EUR – 0.0121
Ultimately DAC is no different to OneCoin’s internal Ponzi points.
Dacxi affiliates invest in DAC on the implication they’ll eventually be able to withdraw more than they initially invest.
In addition to getting paid to recruit new affiliate investors, Dacxi affiliates realize returns by selling DAC through the company’s internal exchange.
Dacxi refers to this as an “affiliate buy-back cycle”.
The affiliate buy-back cycle runs fortnightly. We will inform all the qualified affiliates of how many DAC coins they can sell via an email.
To sell bonus DAC coins, affiliates should use the Dacxi Exchange transfer funds option.
We have a ‘buyback’ programme because as our DAC coin development is still in its early stages, people are unable to cash out the coin and of course, we want affiliates to be able to do this.
The problem here is that the only verifiable source of revenue entering Dacxi is new investment.
Using new investment to pay returns on DAC points via an internal exchange makes Dacxi a Ponzi scheme.
This ties into securities fraud. At the time of publication Dacxi provides no indication on its website that it has registered its passive investment opportunity with financial regulators.
This means that Dacxi is operating illegally worldwide.
Of note is the inclusion of the US in countries Dacxi is not soliciting investment in:
We currently do not accept customers from residents or citizens of some countries including but not limited to Belarus, Burma, Canada, China, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Singapore, Syria, United States of America, New Zealand, Malaysia and Zimbabwe.
To be clear, if Dacxi has an external revenue source, registers with the SEC and files full disclosures, the company is not doing anything illegal.
If all they’re doing is recycling investor funds to pay returns on an internal points system though, well you can see why Dacxi’s want to avoid the US.
It’s no secret that the SEC is the world’s most active securities regulator.
Oh and it’s a bit strange that New Zealand is on Dacxi’s list of banned countries.
On the same page New Zealand is listed as a banned country, Dacxi provides social media groups for its New Zealand affiliates.
Hmm.
As with all MLM Ponzi schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will new investment.
This will starve Dacxi of ROI revenue, eventually leading to a collapse.
Along the way affiliate withdrawals will exceed new investment. And when that happens Dacxi’s internal exchange withdrawals
will continue only until the DAC coin is publicly listed on other exchanges, at which time affiliates will be able to cash out with us or them.
As above, Dacxi will list DAC on some dodgy exchange and exit-scam.
From here it’s the same old MLM crypto story. DAC will list at some bullshit value, plummet to zero and sorry for your loss.
Ed Ludbrook meanwhile will be long gone with whatever he’s stashed away. Kind of like his OneCoin exit.
One final thing I want to touch on is Dacxi’s totally not dodgy sounding “corporate and super fund account programmes”.
The Corporate and Super Fund account programmes are for Australian residents only.
There’s nothing about this program on Dacxi’s website so uh, yeah. Totally legit.
There are at least 8 corporate entitities in five different countries connected with Ed Ludbrook’s Dacxi scam:
opencorporates.com/companies/nz/6499972
In British Dacxi entity, ANDREW CHARLES WATT is named as a co-director with Ludbrook. As far as I can see, Mr. Watt doesn’t seem to have MLM background.
Perhaps running a multinational corporate carousel is a trick he learned from the big boys of OneCoin. Having a notable and complex international element seems to be usually a good law enforcement deterrent.
This video with cheater Ed Ludbrook on April 13, 2016 is still online:
youtube.com/watch?v=KpxGwhfn6x0
Another video with former OneCoin Chief Leadership Officer Edward Ludbrook:
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youtube.com/watch?v=7sUD7LJBcCQ
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youtube.com/watch?v=Ll0m4-oxuIk
Lying uninterrupted for 54 minutes is a respectable achievement from cheater Ed Ludbrook! I would not succeed. 🙁
The original Dacxi [ANN] thread on BCT was dated 29th June 2018, where Ed was listed as the “Strategy Adviser”.
Quite how he can morph into the ‘Founder’ is not entirely clear..
bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4568384.0
Slightly o/t, but have you see Ed’s Linkedin? He’s very coy about Onecoin, never uttering the Name of the Beast, but
linkedin.com/in/edludbrook/
Yeah, bit of a joke when people carry on about being mislead by CEOs but then want to boast about the fraud they helped commit.
I normally don’t answer these websites yet your article is factually incorrect and misleading.
I was hired by OneCoin/OneLife in its first year of operations, due to my 25 years experience as a leading network marketing expert, a multi-million selling author and advisor to many of the world’s largest MLM companies, from Avon to Zeptor.
I have advised governments regarding pyramids and ponzi schemes, starting with the UK Department of Trade and Industry and Pyramid Sales Regulations in the 1990s so know exactly what one looks like.
At the time of my advising OneCoin/OneLife in 2016, the concept of a new global payments system based on a crypto-currency stable coin was new, although it is now the basis for Facebook’s new Libra coin.
The concept of using affiliates to acquire customers was new then, but has now been used by 1000’s of crypto companies to pioneer their coin. The affiliate opportunity was free and bonuses were only paid out based on customer purchases.
The above does not excuse the actions of Dr Ruja and her associates.
Most importantly, your analysis of Dacxi is so incorrect and distorted that it is misleading and dishonest. It is clear from our materials that :
– The PRODUCT is a portfolio of the three leading Blue Chip crypto-coins marketed by every major crypto-exchange in the world. Customers can move their assets off the exchange at any time.
– The Hold Bonus is an incentive for CUSTOMERS only to hold their coins without selling on the internal exchange.
– The affiliate membership is FREE with the only requirement being a minimum purchase of $100, thereby becoming a customer.
– There are no affiliate recruitment commissions because the programme is FREE and there is NO MLM programme. Again, NO MLM programme. In fact, 70% of its accounts have come through non-affiliate channels.
– The DAC Coin is an internal community coin, like airline miles, so is not designed for external use. The DAC Coin has six use cases, three are already in action.
– Bonuses paid to affiliates on customer purchases are in DAC or Bitcoin.
– The term ‘investment’ has wider meanings than securities. People invest in cars. Buying currencies, as with Dacxi, is considered investing. They are not securities.
– Dacxi intends to open New Zealand as it has the FMA licence required and is registered in Australia with AUSTRAC. The company has secured all regulatory licences in all jurisdictions expected and operates one of the few A+ security rated crypto-platforms in the world.
Best, Ed
Yet you signed up with OneCoin and helped them promote a $4 billion dollar Ponzi scheme for ~3 years.
None of this has anything to do with OneCoin running a Ponzi scheme and you helping them promote it at an executive level.
Right. Just like it was with OneCoin?
Cryptocurrency is not a product. You’re offering a passive investment opportunity, which is a security.
Because cashing out = Ponzi collapse.
Oh I can invest in “leading blue chip crypto coins” for free now can I?
MLM compensation plan (even 2 levels deep) = MLM company.
When attached to an investment opportunity (ROI + withdrawals through internal exchange), they are Ponzi points (no public trading).
Different pseudo-compliance terminology, same shit OneCoin did.
Except the bonuses Dacxi’s compensation plan explicitly states are paid in DAC, as noted in the review.
Whether it does or doesn’t has no bearing on Dacxi illegally offering securities.
Dacxi solicits investment in DAC points, pays returns in DAC points and those returns are paid with subsequently invested funds via an internal exchange.
That’s a securities offering and has nothing to do with buying a car.
No it isn’t:
AUSTRAC != ASIC. Dacxi is not registered to offer securities in any country.
Jesus Christ Ed, have some shame and stop lying. This is embarrassing.
OMG. @Oz – your response is EPIC and sooooo on-point!
I personally spent AT LEAST TWO YEARS attempting to evoke a logical response from this scammer. Only to be BLOCKED, ridiculed, called a “hater,” “blogger” (Lol), a “jealous Bit coiner (sic),” or paid hater, by people like Ed and his down-line.
Guess what, Ed?
As I NOTIFIED you before via LinkedIn, ONECOIN SCAMMERS ARE NOT WELCOME IN CRYPTO. PISS OFF!
YOUR “CRYPTO PRIVILEGES” HAVE BEEN REVOKED.
@Ed
So many words to summarize “Scammers be Scamming”?
So do you have anything to say to all the people you “helped” gain confidence in onecoin?
Our do you believe it is common knowledge that your help = F***ed in the a** and wallet?
OneCoin – Edward Ludbrook event in Gothenburg 2016
nolink://youtu.be/so_yFg3lFoo
(synopsis: ed F***ing people in the a** and wallet )
And yet you did not know that paying recruitment commissions from the money paid by new members made OneCoin a pyramid scheme, nor were you aware that using new investment to pay returns on previous investments made OneCoin a Ponzi scheme.
Your 25 year experience truly is unprecedented.
(Save us from the “selling education” crap. A product given free alongside the membership is same as selling a product and handing free membership with it. Attaching a product to the setup does not change the business model when there is no retail sales outside the affiliate base.)
That’s like being at a murder trial and having the defendant state, “I was there during the killing, and I have 25 years worth of previous convictions shooting people.”
Not really. Let’s skip the murder and try this:
“I was hired to the bank-robbing gang due to my 25 years experience as a leading finance industry expert, a multi-million selling broker and advisor to many of the world’s largest banks.
I have advised banks regarding bank robbery, starting with the UK Central Bank in the 1990s so know exactly how a bank robbery is done and what it looks like.”
Imagine this as a defense after the gang in question actually robbed a bank.
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Why trust a criminal Bulgarian who has been legally convicted in Germany? Did Ed Ludbrook check if the scammers in Sofia have a working blockchain?
Wolfi Frei commented this very aptly! 😀
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Here are couple of videos of Ed Ludbrook showing his “expertiese”:
Ed Ludbrook: You don’t have to understand blockchain, just trust Dr Ruja Ignatova:
youtu.be/b8LUijQvbto
Ed Ludbrook’s embarrassing admission about the price of OneCoin :
youtu.be/T3PzS8Wen6c
Ed Ludbrook OnePro Leadership with Udo 4 May 2017:
youtu.be/swQ7z6T_F4g?t=3863
^ This last video shows Ludbrook was promoting OneCoin still in May 2017. I linked to a funny position where Udo Deppisch is obviously referring to Tim “TimTayshun” Curry as a dish cleaner, and he asks why should people believe in a dish cleaner about OneCoin. 😀
Yeah, this “dish cleaner” is still here and he was obviously right, but Udo and Ed are long gone from OneCoin. Ed finally admitted OneCoin is a scam, but decided then to create his own.
Good job Ed! You’re a small legend (in the scamming world).
Internet never forgets, and we don’t forgive.
Ed, you were much more than an advisor. This is what you said in a webinar in March 2017:
You and your cronies intended to make a lot of money in OneCoin:
BTW Ed, I’m still waiting for you to report me to Victoria Australia police for posting that embarrassing video of you talking about the fictitious price of OneCoin.
That’s a bit thick coming from someone who has been nothing but factually incorrect and misleading for years.
You have shown publicly for years that you are absolutely incompetent of having any clue what a ponzi-pyramid scam looks like.
Furthermore, you have continuously discouraged victims of OneCoin from acquiring information about the scam they were in. This happened despite several warnings by authorities, media and all the people criticising the scam. Ironically you used your resume from the ’90s also back then to mislead the scam victims to think that you would have some kind of credibility.
Come on! Don’t be so modest not to refer to yourself as an associate of Ruja. In fact, you were once boasting how the new blockchain of OneCoin was practically your idea:
Quoting you:
And let’s not forget those countless time you discouraged the members from acquiring proper information. Here’s just one example:
youtu.be/BZVbv7M0yBU
– Oh, by the way, I downloaded the video in case you succeed to get it removed.
I haven’t looked into Dacxi, but I wouldn’t recommend anything that has your name under it even to the worst enemy.
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Ed Ludbrook with OneCoin scammers Kari Wahlroos, Mihail Petrovic and Zoran Stupar in November 2016:
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Ed Ludbrook and seven other OneCoin scammers:
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On May 25, 2018, former OneCoin scammer Ed Ludbrook wrote:
Is this described correctly?
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medium.com/@EdLudbrook/the-crypto-securities-fud-4b1939d6537b
@Melanie
I can confirm that last quoted paragraph is BS all over.
Ed, before you post you need to know your audience. You are used to the idiots that comprised OC (you know what K and Sebastian called them), and thought all of us would simply accept your comments as gospel like the OC members did. Surprise!
You see we really do think and can use our brain as well as spot BS a mile off. The only thing I can see that you are an expert on is talking out of both sides of your mouth and arse at she same time, and I don’t think it took you 25 years to perfect it either.
Don’t worry, I think you will find enough gullible people to sign up in your Ponzi de Jour and be able to steal some decent money before you pull the plug or law enforcement shuts you down. You do realize you have a bulls-eye painted on yourself from your role in OC, right?
But please feel free to come back and show all of us “haters” how we got it all wrong. My intuition is telling me that I don’t think you will be back. You don’t have the gonads.
Ed, maybe you can help me out here. I looked at your Linkedin Profile and guess what was missing? Why your role in OneCoin.
Since you were so enthusiastic about OneCoin you can imagine my surprise when you did not mention your role in your profile. After all you were given such a significant role, and you should be proud of your accomplishments for OneCoin.
Care to explain why it is missing?
Seems like Ed has left the building for good. A shame as I had some great advice for him on how to make his “real deal” get traction and take in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Suggestions that I am surprised I have to give him as he apparently didn’t learn anything from how Ruja did it.
First, you have to get Ted Nuyten to write a fluff piece on your company on how great it is and totally legal.
Ted’s only due diligence is “did the check clear.” If yours does, you are home free. Next you need some heavy MLM promoters to join and bring their huge downlines into the program.
Realize that you are going to have to pay them big bucks, but it will be worth it. Just ask Ruja. Oh wait, she is still in hiding.
Then all you have to do is tell everyone you won’t enter a country until Dacxi has been approved by the authorities. You don’t actually have to register Daczi with the authorities, just say you are like OneCoin did.
Glad I could be of help.
Lord, I never come on this site and I was warned not to reply as you guys would continue your incorrect analysis and distortion!
All crypto are securities..huh? That’s not correct.
MLM promotion…huh [Dacxi is not mlm!]
FMA deregistered for a totally other reason!
As for OzDelphi, the reason I didn’t sue you is that I don’t know who you are [you hide remember] and, frankly have better things to do with my time. One day, we can meet. It’s what we do down-under.
Anyway. God bless all. I wont be back. I had never heard of these hate sites before and now I see why. You are going to be surprised by Dacxi, its a solid business, nice people.
No, it isn’t. Which is why nobody said it. Herp derp.
MLM comp plan = MLM company.
Nobody cited a reason. You were called out for lying about Dacxi being registered with the FMA when it wasn’t.
See you next time Lyin’ Ed.
So Ed… Why did you reply?
I’m wondering if Ed is also on the one coin hit list of most wanted?
Here is a screen cap nolink://i.imgur.com/Y42goyl.png, with the relevant parts transcribed below, of the YouTube exchange in which Ed said he was going to report me to Victoria police for the crime of re-posting video of his embarrassing 30th July 2016 public meeting that was gatecrashed by members of the Melbourne Bitcoin Centre:
I’m still waiting for those police details, Ed.
In contrast to no action on the police complaint, he wasted no time in submitted privacy complaints to YouTube, Vimeo, and Daily Motion, to have those highly embarrassing videos removed.
Hi Behind MLM,
In November, 2018 I was asked to invest $10,000 into Dacxi in exchange for 25000 shares at 0.40 each.
I have receipts and share certificates which I can forward to you.
Have been trying to sell these shares for the past year and a bit at a reduced price…7000, 6000, etc due to cash flow problems with my business and even asked Andrew Squillari to help… but to no avail!!!!
Do you think my shares are safe????
Safe is a relative term. You’re having trouble selling your DAC Ponzi points because they are worthless.
Your DAC points aren’t going to go anywhere (assuming Ludbrook doesn’t pull the plug), but you’re unlikely to find any buyers outside of the Ponzi scheme itself.
I cancelled that post but it was posted???
Any possibility of removing that post(s) as it may jeopardise returns of my investment. Much appreciated.
BehindMLM doesn’t have a reader comment cancel feature.
Anyways I’ve replied to your original comment so it’s part of the discussion now.
Instead of worrying about your imaginary Dacxi return, you’d do well to read what I wrote.
Oz – the new UK MD is really pushing this hard – her name Katherine Wooller.
Maybe some little look needed?
My last three events attended online have had a Dac person promoting it.
Oz wrote:
The management has changed? Ed Ludbrook now calls himself Founder / Executive Chairman:
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linkedin.com/in/edludbrook/
CEO of Dacxi Global since September 2021 is Ian Lowe:
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Video from December 17, 2021:
youtube.com/watch?v=A6LhtaiY7TY
What Ed Ludbrook dreams about every night was documented in this video:
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youtube.com/watch?v=Aqim6BEzPAs
Yes, this is absolutely realistic. 😀 The YouTube channel Dacxi Global with 171 videos since August 2018 already has 1,610 subscribers. The number of views is gigantic, as the next screenshot shows:
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youtube.com/c/Dacxi/videos
Ed Ludbrook has also installed a new group he calls Dacxi United Kingdom. This group is led by MD Katharine Wooller:
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dacxi.com/team
In a footnote, Ed Ludbrook claims:
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I doubt this statement. More about this later.
PS: Ruja Ignatova (OneCoin) called herself founder and visionary. Ed Ludbrook calls himself founder and futurist. Who can explain the difference to me?
Well I did publish this review in 2019 :D.
Ed Ludbrook owns Dacxi, anyone he puts in charge is likely a puppet with limited authority. Much like the Ruja Ignatova –> OneCoin CEO relationships back in the day.