Nigel Farage’s Reform UK get together has denied that one in every of its candidates has any involvement within the “management, decision making or any financials” of a crypto advertising agency described as a ‘Dubai-based Ponzi scheme’ regardless of him beforehand claiming to have based it.

An investigation by Hope Not Hate (HNH) discovered that Councillor David White (a.ok.a. the Crypto King of Barnsley), seems to carry govt roles at BuddyX alongside co-founder Mahesh Sharma.

Certainly, at a BuddyX convention in Thailand in August 2023, White was launched because the agency’s co-founder and offered himself as BuddyX’s Head of Enterprise within the UK and EU. Within the video, he describes the agency as authentic whereas claiming his authorities place wouldn’t permit him to endorse any rip-off. 

He mentioned, “It’s incredibly important to myself that everything is as clean as possible. Because believe it or not, UK politicians have to be straight guys — and girls.” He later pointed to the backdrop asking, “Does this look like a scam?” 

Multi-level advertising (MLM) reporters BehindMLM declare BuddyX and its BDYX token are a ‘pump and dump Dubai Ponzi’ that might ‘inevitably collapse’ when it stops attracting recruits. 

Right this moment, BehindMLM reported that BuddyX’s web site was taken down and that its token, BDYX, was listed on a separate change attempting to keep away from detection from US and Canadian authorities.

A Reform UK spokesperson informed the Mirror that White was a ‘third-party supplier’ to the agency, “supplying presentation videos and live events.”

The get together denied the extent of his involvement, claiming “[BuddyX] paid for him to go present in Thailand… He had zero involvement in management, decision making, or any financials.”

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HNH says it couldn’t confirm the ‘viability or legality’ of BuddyX and that White’s function is ‘unclear.’ His LinkedIn states he’s had a contract function as a enterprise improvement supervisor on the agency since April 2023.

White additionally reportedly didn’t disclose his BuddyX function to the council, or on the register of pursuits, as required by the UK’s authorities Code of Conduct. 

Protos has contacted Reform UK and White for remark and can replace if we hear again.

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