Public Warning:
Robin Dey

Convicted Killer. Serial Conman. Active Threat.

DO NOT TRANSFER FUNDS TO THIS MAN. We are a coalition of investors documenting Robin Dey (also “Rob Dey”), an Australian from Melbourne now operating from Chiang Mai, Thailand: a manslaughter conviction in the Supreme Court of Victoria, an ASIC stop order on his own fund, three collapsed investor ventures, a phantom hemp plantation in India, documented threats against an investor who asked for his money back — and, since 2024, a new identity as an “AI researcher” trading as OpenHub Research, VBRL.ai and The Beast AGI. None of those sites mention any of it. Every statement on this page links to a court record, a regulator, a company registry, published reporting, his own documents, or a document held on file.

Robin Dey
Robin Dey · aka Rob Dey · Melbourne → Pattaya → India → Chiang Mai

Supreme Court Conviction

Manslaughter (2009) [2][3]
Read the record →

ASIC Enforcement

Final Stop Order (2018) [4]
See the stop order →

Documented Losses

>$3 Million reported
(MDX, Lendefi, New Dawn) [25]
See the ventures →
I have been scammed

Names, emails and companies he has used

If any of these appear on a pitch deck, a contract, a token page or an invoice, you are dealing with Robin Dey. Do not rely on an X account: the handle @rob_dey belongs to an unrelated man in the UK.

Names & handles

  • Robin Dey · Rob Dey · “Robin, the founder of Lendefi”
  • rob@newdawn.fund [8] · robin@vbrl.ai [21] · robin@openhubresearch.org [19]
  • GitHub: web3guru888 (“AGI Researcher at OpenHub (Thailand)”) [20] · vbrltech [21]
  • Former: LinkedIn “Digital Securities Adviser (AFSARN 001263048)”; Medium @robindeyy; Twitter @robindeyx

Australia (2016–2020)

  • Vestabyte Pty Ltd — ACN 612 771 490, Hawthorn VIC; ABN cancelled 25 Mar 2019 [9]
  • New Dawn Fund Pty Ltd — directors Rob Dey, Cat Song, Madison Van Bennekom [5]
  • New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd — ACN 624 894 784, t/a “Vestabyte Securities”; director Rob Dey; ABN cancelled 7 Aug 2020 [5][9]
  • Investors Exchange Ltd — “Chief Investment Officer”, Jan–Mar 2018 (his LinkedIn); the AFSL holder that issued the stopped PDS

Malta · India · Labuan (2018–2022)

  • Malta Digital Exchange (MDX) / Digimarkets Pty Ltd / Digimarkets (Hong Kong) Ltd / Malta Digital Exchange Holdings p.l.c. — with Rick Klink and Scott Schulz [10][12]
  • Hempcorp Private Limited (India) — CIN U01100UR2019PTC010169; director Robin Dey, DIN 08550436 [13]
  • Lendefi / LDFI token — operated by Dogon Sirius Limited, Labuan, Malaysia [15]

Now (2023– )

  • VBRL.ai — “Vicharatmak Buddhi Research Labs”; presents as Dubai-based; founder Robin Dey [21]
  • OpenHub Research — OpenHub Workspace Limited Partnership, licence 0503567004064; 50/5 Huay Kaew Road, Chang Phueak, Chiang Mai [19]
  • The Beast AGI · AtlasChat · SovereignDNA ($DNA) · $BEAST · atlasagi.org · fetchagi.org [23]

The Criminal Record

Case: R v Kell & Dey [2009] VSC 90 · Supreme Court of Victoria · Lasry J [2]

Robin Dey is not a “failed entrepreneur.” He is a man convicted of a violent killing. On the night of 26 June 2007, Dey, then 23, and Simon Kell, 25, both of Camberwell, went to a house in Ashwood in Melbourne’s east. Tyrone David Shepherd, 36, of Glen Waverley, was found dead in the front yard. Both men were charged with murder. [1]

According to the sentencing remarks, the two armed themselves with a baseball bat and a hunting knife to ambush an unarmed man at his home. [2] The Sydney Morning Herald headline of 19 March 2009: “Jail for pair who stabbed man.” The Herald Sun’s: “Pair who bashed, stabbed man to death jailed for 10 years.” [3]

The Court’s Own Words

“The viciousness of the attack… and your joint willingness to leave him to die… is repelling conduct and deserves severe condemnation.” — Lasry J, sentencing remarks, R v Kell & Dey [2009] VSC 90 [2]

The Verdict

Conviction: Manslaughter.
Sentence: 10 years’ imprisonment. [2][3][17]
The act: The victim was beaten and stabbed through the lung and leg. Dey fled the scene, hid the weapons, and attempted to construct a false alibi. [2]
Afterwards: His own 2018 fund prospectus says he “entered the real estate and finance industry in 2014 after completing his MBA.” [5] Keep that date in mind when you read what he claims today.

Nineteen years, one pattern

  1. Jun 2007Ashwood stabbing. Dey, 23, and Simon Kell charged with murder. [1]
  2. Mar 2009Convicted of manslaughter; ten years. [2][3]
  3. 2014“Entered the real estate and finance industry after completing his MBA” — his own prospectus bio. [5]
  4. Jun 2016Vestabyte Pty Ltd registered in Melbourne; Dey Chief Investment Officer, Schulz COO. [9]
  5. Apr 2018New Dawn Fund opens to retail investors. Dey to the press: “Yesterday, a 68-year-old lady put in $50,000.” [7] Operating from Pattaya, Thailand. [17]
  6. Jun–Jul 2018MDX seed round. Dey sends the investment agreement; Schulz and Klink sign. [11]
  7. 13 Sep 2018ASIC final stop order on the New Dawn Fund PDS. [4]
  8. Nov 2018MDX restructured: 100% of ordinary shares to Klink’s Hong Kong entity. [11]
  9. Feb 2019Investor asks for an update. Dey: “I will bury you.” Prison links, GPS coordinates, a countdown bot, a demand for Bitcoin. [11][17]
  10. Mar 2019Digimarkets offers repayment — if the investor signs away all claims. Never paid. [11][17]
  11. Aug 2019Hempcorp Private Limited incorporated in Uttarakhand, India; Dey director. [13]
  12. Oct 2019“Hempcorp secures 10,000-acre plantation site.” [14]
  13. Jan 2021Lendefi IDO. “I’m Robin, the founder of Lendefi.” US$750,000 private sale. [15]
  14. Feb 2021Dey “steps down for personal reasons”; Schulz becomes CEO. [15]
  15. Dec 2023SingularityNET: “we have engaged VBRL, a specialized software house.” [22]
  16. Aug 2024OpenHub Workspace Limited Partnership registered in Chiang Mai. [19]
  17. Apr 2026arXiv preprints as “OpenHub Research, Chiang Mai” — one “written with the assistance of AI tools.” [20]
  18. Jul 2026The Beast AGI launches; $BEAST and $DNA tokens on BNB Chain; “zero revenue against real GPU costs.” [23]

Venture #1: New Dawn Fund (2018)

The document ASIC stopped names Rob Dey on its front pages. This is his fund.

The Pitch:
“The world’s first and only cryptocurrency fund open to retail investors.” [8] Dey, as Managing Director, to Stockhead: “Within 12 months this thing will have probably have circa $50 billion at least market cap on there… Capital is absolutely knocking on the door here. Yesterday, a 68-year-old lady put in $50,000.” [7]

The Product Disclosure Statement names New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd — “Attention: Rob Dey” as investment manager, states that “the director of New Dawn Capital is Rob Dey” and that “Rob Dey is the managing director of both New Dawn Capital and New Dawn Fund”, and lists Rick Klink among the people behind it. Exhibit A [5] On New Dawn’s own website Scott Schulz was Managing Director and Rob Dey was Director. Exhibit C
The Reality:
On 13 September 2018 ASIC issued a final stop order on that PDS after raising concerns about it. No units could be issued. ASIC’s release groups the action with matters involving misleading statements, unregistered managed investment schemes and unlicensed operators. [4]

The stop order did not stop the company. New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd — same ACN — carried on soliciting as “Vestabyte Securities”, with Dey as director, and was still hosting security-token offers in February 2019. Exhibit D [9] The ABN was cancelled in August 2020. [9]
The Proof:
  • Exhibit A: The stopped PDS — corporate directory and “Other Important Information”.
  • Exhibit B: ASIC Media Release 18-274MR: “On 13 September 2018, ASIC issued a final stop order on a Product Disclosure Statement issued by Investors Exchange Limited (IEL) for units in the New Dawn Fund (Fund).” asic.gov.au [4]
  • Exhibit C: New Dawn “Operators” page — Schulz and Dey.
  • Exhibit D: Vestabyte “About” page — “New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd trading as Vestabyte Securities ABN 37 624 894 784”.
  • Exhibit E: Dey’s own LinkedIn (Feb 2019): CEO of New Dawn 2015–2018; CIO of New Dawn Fund; CIO of Investors Exchange Ltd (the PDS issuer) Jan–Mar 2018; Director of Vestabyte; “Management Consultant” to Malta Digital Exchange.
  • Press: PRNewswire, 28 May 2018 — “Rob Dey, Managing Director of New Dawn Fund”; strategic partner “Rick Klink (Paritech / Open Markets)”. [6]
New Dawn Fund PDS Part 2, corporate directory: New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd, Attention: Rob Dey
PDS text: the directors of New Dawn are Rob Dey, Cat Song and Madison Van Bennekom; the director of New Dawn Capital is Rob Dey
Exhibit A — New Dawn Fund PDS Part 2 (the document subject to ASIC’s final stop order). Corporate directory, page 3; “Other Important Information”, page 10. Full pages: cover · Dey bio · Klink bio · related parties.
New Dawn website operators page: Scott Schulz, Managing Director; Rob Dey, Director; Jim Stathopoulos, Technology Lead
Exhibit C — newdawnx.com/operators (captured 2019). Scott Schulz, Managing Director · Rob Dey, Director · Jim Stathopoulos, Technology Lead.
Vestabyte about page: operated by New Dawn; New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd trading as Vestabyte Securities ABN 37 624 894 784
Exhibit D — vestabyte.com/about (captured February 2019). “The platform is operated by New Dawn… New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd trading as Vestabyte Securities ABN 37 624 894 784 AFSR 001263048.”
Screenshot of ASIC media release 18-274MR
Exhibit B — ASIC 18-274MR, 20 September 2018.
Rob Dey's LinkedIn experience: New Dawn CEO and Director, Vestabyte Securities, Malta Digital Exchange management consultant, New Dawn Fund CIO, Investors Exchange Ltd CIO
Exhibit E — linkedin.com/in/rob-dey (captured 24 Feb 2019). New Dawn: CEO Oct 2015 – Nov 2018, Director Dec 2018 – . Vestabyte Securities: CIO May 2016 – Jan 2019, Director Feb 2019 – . Malta Digital Exchange: Management Consultant Jul 2018 – . New Dawn Fund: CIO Apr – Jul 2018. Investors Exchange Ltd: CIO Jan – Mar 2018.

Venture #2: Malta Digital Exchange — MDX (2018–19)

The Pitch:
A regulated security-token exchange in Malta. The Information Memorandum (27 June 2018, “prepared by Rick Klink”) told seed investors MDX “will be undertaken as a joint venture (JV) between Digimarkets (DM) and the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE)”, with Klink’s Paritech as technology provider. Minimum ticket €100,000, structured as a loan convertible to preference shares paying 15% of revenue. Exhibit A [10]

The MDX team page: Rick Klink, Executive Chairman · Rob Dey, Chief Business Development Officer · Scott Schulz, Chief Innovation Officer. Exhibit B It was Rob Dey who sent the investment agreement for signature (30 June 2018); it was signed by the investor, Scott Schulz and Friedrich Alfred “Rick” Klink — from his paritech.com.au address. Exhibit C
The Reality:
Seed money — about €700,000 from seven investors, according to the investors’ analysis — paid to incorporate Malta Digital Exchange Holdings p.l.c. on 13 September 2018. 100% of its ordinary (voting) shares went to Digimarkets (Hong Kong) Ltd, whose sole shareholder is Klink. The Malta Stock Exchange held nothing. A new PPM in November 2018 replaced the 15%-of-revenue entitlement with a discretionary dividend spread across 500 million preference shares. An independent analysis for the investors put the cut to seed investors’ projected dividend income at 97%, while Klink’s entity’s rose 277%. Exhibit D [11] Klink’s position: investors were “not diluted in any way”.

When one investor pressed for answers (23 Feb 2019), Rob Dey phoned him within hours and threatened to “bury” him — see the threat logs. Three weeks later Digimarkets offered to repay his €100,000 plus €20,000 — on condition he sign that he had “no further claims, rights or obligations against the Company, any of its Directors and employees, and any other related entity”, with no payment date and no security. Exhibit E The money was never repaid. [17]
The Proof:
  • Exhibit A: Information Memorandum — cover and executive summary.
  • Exhibit B: maltadx.com team page.
  • Exhibit C: HelloSign records — Dey requests signature; “Everyone has signed”.
  • Exhibit D: Offer 1 vs Offer 2 analysis prepared for the seed investors (29 Dec 2018) — summary page.
  • Exhibit E: Digimarkets letter of 11 March 2019.
  • Exhibit F: Klink’s investor-portal email, digimarkets.com → paritech.com.au.
  • Press: PRNewswire, 26 Sep 2018 (“CEO Rick Klink”) and 11 Oct 2018 (Klink “Executive Chairman”); MDX website as it stood in January 2019 (archived). [12]
Cover of the Malta Digital Exchange Information Memorandum, 27 June 2018, prepared by Rick Klink
Exhibit A (i) — Information Memorandum, seed round / security token offering, v1.1, 27 June 2018. “Prepared by Rick Klink.”
Information Memorandum executive summary: MDX will be undertaken as a joint venture between Digimarkets and the Malta Stock Exchange
Exhibit A (ii) — Executive summary. “…a joint venture (JV) between Digimarkets (DM) and the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE). Paritech will be the key technology provider.”
maltadx.com team page: Rick Klink Executive Chairman, Rob Dey Chief Business Development Officer, Scott Schulz Chief Innovation Officer, and others
Exhibit B — maltadx.com “Meet the MDX Team” (captured 2019). Rick Klink, Executive Chairman · Rob Dey, Chief Business Development Officer · Scott Schulz, Chief Innovation Officer. Both names have since been removed from the site.
HelloSign email: Rob Dey (rob@newdawn.fund) has requested your signature on MDX Investment - Agreement, 30 June 2018
Exhibit C (i) — 30 June 2018. “Rob Dey (rob@newdawn.fund) has requested your signature — MDX Investment - Agreement.” Recipient redacted.
HelloSign email: Everyone has signed MDX Investment - Agreement. Signers: the investor, Scott Schulz, Friedrich Alfred Klink (raklink@paritech.com.au)
Exhibit C (ii) — 3 July 2018. Signers: the investor, Scott Schulz, Friedrich Alfred Klink (raklink@paritech.com.au). Investor details redacted.
Summary page of the Offer 1 vs Offer 2 analysis: seed investors' dividend income reduced 96.87%; DMHK's increased 277%
Exhibit D — “Offer 1” vs “Offer 2”, analysis prepared for the seed investors, 29 December 2018, summary page. “Original ‘Seed Investors’ lose 97% of their dividend income under ‘Offer 2’… The Ordinary Shares that now exist in MDXH are for the sole benefit of one individual F.A. Klink… This transaction also occurred without the knowledge of the seed investors.”
Digimarkets Pty Ltd letter of 11 March 2019 offering repayment of EUR 120,000 conditional on the investor having no further claims against the Company, its Directors and employees and any related entity
Exhibit E — Digimarkets Pty Ltd, 11 March 2019, signed F. A. Klink, Director. Repayment of €120,000 offered “by accepting… you shall have no further claims, rights or obligations against the Company, any of its Directors and employees, and any other related entity.” No date, no schedule, no security. Investor details redacted.
Email from Rick Klink to MDX investors, 27 August 2018, about an investor portal on Slack
Exhibit F — “MDX Investor Portal”, 27 Aug 2018. Rick Klink writing to seed investors from rick.klink@digimarkets.com, addressed to raklink@paritech.com.au. Recipient details redacted.

Venture #3: Hempcorp — “10,000 acres” in India (2019–20)

The Pitch:
Hempcorp Private Limited was incorporated in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand on 29 August 2019 with two directors: Gaurang Satija and Robin Dey (DIN 08550436). [13] Two months later the same press release ran across the trade press: “Hempcorp has announced that it has recently secured a 10,000-acre site set to become one of the world’s largest hemp plantation” (ABLE India, 30 Oct 2019) and “In India, Hempcorp recently secured a 10,000 acre site set to become the world’s largest hemp plantation” (Biofuels Digest, 4 Nov 2019). [14] The man behind the claim put his own face on it: a September 2020 Hempistani opinion piece carries his photograph — the same photograph he uses elsewhere — above the line “Robin Dey, Director of Finance of Hempcorp… More recently working in blockchain technology, financial services and real estate related industries.” [14] By October 2020 he was on a conference speaker list as “Director, Hempcorp”: “Robin is a Director and Co-Founder of Hempcorp Private Limited (India), with a focus on cannabis cultivation, processing and refinement for medicinal applications.” [14] Crypto investors were solicited on the strength of the land.
The Reality:
Victim account
No land was secured. The plantation did not exist. Drummond, who has reported on Dey since 2025: “Robin Dey, who by now had fled to India, and was involved in a Hemp investment scam.” [17]
The Proof:
Registry: CIN U01100UR2019PTC010169, paid-up capital ₹10 lakh, director Robin Dey appointed 29 Aug 2019. [13]
Testimony: When confronted, Dey did not refund the money. He emailed the victim’s entire company claiming the victim was addicted to crack cocaine. Email on file. [25]
Hempistani opinion article, 9 September 2020, showing Robin Dey's photograph above the text: Robin Dey, Director of Finance of Hempcorp has always had a thirst for entrepreneurial activities
Exhibit A — hempistani.com, “Cannabis in India – Opinion”, 9 September 2020 (captured 21 Sep 2026). His photograph — the same one used on this page — above the line “Robin Dey, Director of Finance of Hempcorp… More recently working in blockchain technology, financial services and real estate related industries.” [14]
Biofuels Digest article, 4 November 2019: India's Hempcorp secures 10,000 acres to become world's largest hemp plantation
Exhibit B — biofuelsdigest.com, “India’s Hempcorp secures 10,000 acres to become world’s largest hemp plantation”, 4 November 2019 (captured 21 Sep 2026). The press release as it ran: “Hempcorp recently secured a 10,000 acre site set to become the world’s largest hemp plantation… within the state of Uttarakhand.” No site, survey or lease was ever produced. [14]

On the public record

  • Zauba Corp / Tofler company record — Hempcorp Private Limited, directors Satija and Dey [13]
  • ABLE India, “Hempcorp secures 10,000-acre plantation site in Uttarakhand”, 30 Oct 2019 [14]
  • Biofuels Digest, “India’s Hempcorp secures 10,000 acres to become world’s largest hemp plantation”, 4 Nov 2019 — Exhibit B [14]
  • Hempistani, “Cannabis in India – Opinion”, 9 Sep 2020 — “Robin Dey, Director of Finance of Hempcorp”, with his photograph — Exhibit A [14]
  • Prohibition Partners LIVE speaker page, “Robin Dey — Director, Hempcorp”, Oct 2020 [14]

Documents on file

  • Hempcorp investment solicitation and land claims
  • Dey’s email to the victim’s company
  • Payment records

If you invested in Hempcorp, submit your evidence.

Venture #4: Lendefi (2021)

The Pitch:
A DeFi lending protocol “introducing under-collateralized loans to decentralized finance.” In a January 2021 AMA: “I’m Robin, the founder of Lendefi. My role is to oversee all areas of the project. My professional background is in finance and financial technology… The company that is managing and developing the Lendefi protocol is called Dogon Sirius Limited.” [15] The private sale raised US$750,000 in USDC ahead of the IDO of 25–26 January 2021. [15] Dey presented himself as Founder and CEO on the team page and in his own bios. Exhibit A
The Reality:
Eighteen days after the IDO, on 12 February 2021, Lendefi announced that “Founding CEO Robin Dey has decided to step down for personal reasons” and installed Scott Schulz as CEO. [15] Dogon Sirius Limited turned out to be registered at a serviced address in Labuan, Malaysia — an offshore jurisdiction — per the project’s own contract audit. [15] The last community update, in February 2022, promised to “fix one last bug” before mainnet. Nothing followed. The Telegram channel went quiet: admin accounts deleted, investor questions unanswered (Exhibit B). A scam alert naming Dey as CEO had been posted on Bitcointalk two weeks after launch. [16]
The Proof:
  • Exhibit A: The Lendefi team page listing Robin Dey, and Dey’s own “Founder @ Lendefi.io” bio.
  • Exhibit B: Archive of the @lendefi_io Telegram channel showing “Account Deleted” notices and admin silence despite investor pleas. (on file)
  • Exhibit C: Schulz’s LinkedIn — CEO of the DeFi operating company from the month of the announcement.
  • Lendefi’s own posts: leadership change (12 Feb 2021); Schulz as CEO (CryptoNinjas, May 2021; Chainsulting, Aug 2021); audit naming Dogon Sirius Limited, Labuan (25 Aug 2021); final update (5 Feb 2022). [15]
Lendefi core team page listing Robin Dey, Jim Stathopoulos, David Vincent and Deven Khanna
Exhibit A (i) — Lendefi “Core Team” page. Robin Dey listed first.
Robin Dey's profile bio: Founder at Lendefi.io
Exhibit A (ii) — Dey’s own bio. “Founder @ Lendefi.io. Introducing under-collateralized loans to decentralized finance.” (medium.com/@robindeyy · twitter.com/robindeyx — both since deleted)
Scott Schulz's LinkedIn experience: CEO, Dogon Sirius Limited from Feb 2021; Managing Director, New Dawn; Chief Investment Officer, New Dawn Fund
Exhibit C — Scott Schulz, LinkedIn. CEO, Dogon Sirius Limited (“manager and developer of a DeFi protocol”) from Feb 2021 — the month Lendefi announced him as CEO. Managing Director, New Dawn (Dec 2016 – Feb 2019). Chief Investment Officer (Asia), New Dawn Fund.

“I will bury you”

When an investor asked for an update on his money, Robin Dey didn’t negotiate. He threatened.

Evidence Item #5: The Threat Logs (Feb 2019)

Saturday 23 February 2019, 12:47 PM: Adam, the first MDX seed investor, emails Dey, Klink and Schulz asking for a status update within 48 hours. At 5:10 PM Dey calls him, screams at him and threatens to “bury” him. What follows is documented minute by minute.

The Threat:
“Contact me for a direct resolution or expect to be served a warrant to the following address:” — followed by Adam’s GPS coordinates. “Thai authorities absolutely hate foreigners hiding in Thailand and conducting scams. They will make an example of you.” “Look, I’ll give you 48 hours to get in touch with me and discuss how you are going to make this right for all your victims over the years.”
Facebook Messenger, 24 Feb 2019 — Exhibit A
The Intimidation:
Dey sent Adam the Bangkok Remand Prison Facebook page, a photo of the prison gates, links to Thailand’s criminal-defamation statute, and a Telegram group he named “Adam … victim resolution” with a countdown bot set to expire in two days.
Exhibits B, E and F
The Blackmail:
25 February 2019, 18:41: Dey phoned and demanded US$20,000 in Bitcoin to “make the problem go away.” Told the call was being recorded, he hung up, left every chat and blocked Adam.
The recording is below — 12 min 29 s, unedited [25] · Exhibit E

“Listen to the Extortion Call”

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Recorded 25 February 2019 by the investor group. 12 min 29 s, unedited. Download the MP3 (6 MB).
Corroboration:
Investigative journalist Andrew Drummond reported that Dey gave the investor “48 hours to contact him and ‘come to a resolution’… or… [be] arrested and sent to jail in Thailand.” [17] Adam’s same-day email to Dey, Klink and Schulz records the “bury me” call as it happened. Exhibit D
Facebook Messenger thread: Rob Dey sends the Bangkok Remand Prison page, the investor's coordinates, and messages including 'Time to face the Thai justice system' and 'I'll give you 48 hours'
Exhibit A — Messenger, 24 Feb 2019. “You’re a career criminal that preys on innocent people.” “Time to face the Thai justice system.” “My counsel will be pushing for remand until sentencing.” “Probably best you jump on a plane and head back to Canada asap.” Coordinates redacted.
Adam’s statement · February 2019Rob begins linking me to pictures of jail in Thailand and laws against defamation. He is attempting to intimidate me and scare me from releasing details of his business scandal. I tried to resolve issues with MDX, New Dawn and these individuals since mid-December of last year. It is now the end of February and these particular actions from Rob have caused me to lose all hope of ever coming to a resolution. It is bad enough that they illegally solicited investment from me and, as a result, myself and all the other seed investors will lose every penny. His actions are dangerous and one could argue that he is trying to intimidate or blackmail me from exposing his crimes.
Email of 23 February 2019 from Adam to Rob Dey, Rick Klink and Scott Schulz requesting an update, and a follow-up the same day reporting that Rob Dey called, screamed and threatened to 'bury' him
Exhibit D — 23 Feb 2019, 12:47 PM and 5:23 PM. The update request to rob@newdawn.fund, Klink (maltadx.com / paritech.com.au / digimarkets.com) and Schulz — and the same-day report: “I was contacted by Rob Dey at 5:10 PM who screamed at me and threatened to ‘bury me’ if I did not back off.” Sender details redacted.
Telegram messages from Rob: a 'WARNING this person is a SCAMMER' image, 'Are you scamming children too?', a Pattaya Mail link about police arresting foreigners, then 'Good bye'; with Adam's note about the 18:41 call demanding money
Exhibit E — Telegram, 25 Feb 2019. “Are you scamming children too? Well of course you are.” A link to a Pattaya Mail story about police arresting foreigners. Then, at 18:41, the call. “After being told that the phone call was recorded he abruptly hung up and began exiting all these social media conversations and blocking me.”
Telegram group created by Rob named 'Adam … victim resolution' with a Countdown bot set to 'Resolution to be complete – 2 days left'
Exhibit F — Telegram, 25 Feb 2019, 10:37 AM. Dey creates a group named “Adam … victim resolution”, adds a countdown bot: “Resolution to be complete — 2 days left”, daily reminders at 18:00. Surname redacted.
Screenshot of the Bangkok Remand Prison listing and photo sent by Dey
Exhibit B — The prison. Bangkok Remand Prison listing and gate photo Dey sent.
Messenger screenshot showing repeated missed calls from Rob at 12:58, 1:02 and 1:05 AM
Exhibit C — The calls. 12:58, 1:02 and 1:05 AM, then “Come on man. Have a chat?”
Adam’s statement · February 2019By this point I was very afraid for my safety and well-being. I knew that I had not committed any sort of crime, but due to the menacing nature of his threats I was not sure if he would try to pay someone to harm me, or perhaps attempt some sort of bribery, or make false accusations against me to have me deported from Thailand.

Active Threat: where he is now

Since 2024 Robin Dey has rebuilt himself online as an AI researcher. Three brands, three cities on the letterhead — Chiang Mai, Dubai, nowhere — one man. None of the sites mention Melbourne, New Dawn, MDX, Hempcorp, Lendefi — or 2009. Andrew Drummond, February 2026: “Robin Dey, who runs a company in Chiang Mai, on a digital nomad visa.” [17]

1 · OpenHub Research — Chiang Mai

“Thailand’s first AI research social enterprise.” Legal entity: OpenHub Workspace Limited Partnership, “legally registered in Thailand (License 0503567004064, August 2, 2024)”, 50/5 Huay Kaew Road, Chang Phueak, Chiang Mai. Team page: “Robin Dey — Director & Co-Founder… 15+ years software engineering.” Co-founder: Panyanon Viradecha. Contact: robin@openhubresearch.org. [19]

Check the arithmetic
Fifteen years of software engineering would have had to begin by 2011. His own 2018 prospectus says he “entered the real estate and finance industry in 2014 after completing his MBA” [5]; his 2019 LinkedIn lists no engineering role at all (Exhibit E); and 2011 falls inside a ten-year sentence imposed in March 2009. [3]

Two arXiv preprints (April 2026) carry his OpenHub address. One states it was “researched and written with the assistance of AI tools, including the Taurus multi-agent orchestration platform (powered by Anthropic Claude).” [20] His GitHub bio: “AGI Researcher at OpenHub (Thailand)”. [20]

2 · VBRL.ai — “Dubai”

“All-in-one WEB3 & AI agency… based in Dubai, with talents scattered all around the globe… 35+ team members.” No founder is named anywhere on the site. The founder is named in VBRL’s own GitHub: “Robin Dey — Founder, VBRL.ai (Vicharatmak Buddhi Research Labs) — robin@vbrl.ai.” [21] No Dubai trade licence for VBRL could be found in any public register.

vbrl.ai carries endorsement quotes attributed to SingularityNET’s CEO, Dr Ben Goertzel (“VBRL has been a highly valuable partner for SingularityNET”), and its COO, Janet Adams, and lists SingularityNET, SingularityDAO, AGI24 and BGI25 as partners. [21] SingularityNET confirmed the relationship in its own updates: “we have engaged VBRL, a specialized software house” (December 2023); “We brought in two development partners: VBRL, a dev shop specializing in AI on Web3… to focus on and accelerate the build of the AI platform” (January 2024). [22] VBRL’s GitHub holds SingularityNET SDK work from February 2024 and Fetch.ai / ASI Agentverse work from 2025. [21]

The money
Payment records held by the coalition indicate the engagement is worth approximately US$100,000 per month of AGIX/FET community treasury. [25] The vendor SingularityNET’s leadership publicly vouches for is run by a man with a manslaughter conviction, an ASIC stop order and three collapsed investor ventures — none of it disclosed. X: @VBRL_AI, joined August 2024, 22 followers (September 2026).

3 · The Beast AGI — no address at all

Launched July 2026: “a collective of ten AIs working to become an autonomous company… Two humans set direction.” The humans are not named on the site. The working paper names them: “Authors: Jane Pernille, Robin Dey, The Beast.” [23] The Beast is described in Dey’s own ATLAS repository as “OpenHub Research’s autonomous AI agent fleet”. [20]

The site sells AI services from US$450 to “from $9,000” — “100% upfront” — payable by card or in USDC/USDT to a wallet address, with no legal entity, jurisdiction, address or refund terms. Two tokens were launched on BNB Chain through Fetch.ai’s Agent Launch: $BEAST (11 July 2026) and $DNA / SovereignDNA (21 July 2026). The paper itself reports “zero revenue against real GPU costs”; the site’s own “receipts” page says “no realized client revenue yet”. On 19 August 2026 the promo kit retracted the paper’s claim of cryptographically signed receipts: “That claim is wrong and we are retracting it.” As of 21 September 2026 no exchange trading pair is indexed for $DNA. [23] Testimonial on the site: “I’ve never seen software built this fast.” — Robin Dey.

The Risk:
In our assessment, Dey is using AI tools to manufacture the appearance of technical expertise, and using the SingularityNET and Fetch.ai ecosystems for credibility and cash, exactly as he used ASIC-licensed issuers, the Malta Stock Exchange’s name and a “10,000-acre” plantation before. Anyone doing business with OpenHub Research, VBRL or The Beast AGI — or holding $BEAST or $DNA — should read this page first.
Robin Dey, recent photo
Current status: Active

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His current sites, in his own words

Captured 21 September 2026 — see the gallery below. Pages may be edited after publication; copies are held on file.

Captured from his sites, 21 September 2026

openhubresearch.org hero: 'Chiang Mai, Thailand · est. 2024 — AI research for a climate-resilient Southeast Asia — Thailand's first AI research social enterprise'
openhubresearch.org — “Chiang Mai, Thailand · est. 2024… Thailand’s first AI research social enterprise.” [19]
openhubresearch.org team section: Robin Dey, Director & Co-Founder, '15+ years software engineering'; Panyanon Viradecha, Managing Partner & Co-Founder
openhubresearch.org — Our Team. “Robin Dey, Director & Co-Founder… 15+ years software engineering.” [19]
openhubresearch.org: 'OpenHub Workspace Limited Partnership is legally registered in Thailand (License 0503567004064, August 2, 2024)'
openhubresearch.org — Social enterprise structure. “OpenHub Workspace Limited Partnership is legally registered in Thailand (License 0503567004064, August 2, 2024).” [19]
GitHub profile web3guru888: Robin Dey — AGI Researcher at OpenHub (Thailand) — OpenHub Research, Thailand, openhubresearch.org
GitHub vbrltech/STAN README: Author — Robin Dey, Founder, VBRL.ai (Vicharatmak Buddhi Research Labs), robin@vbrl.ai
github.com/web3guru888 — “Robin Dey · AGI Researcher at OpenHub (Thailand)”; github.com/vbrltech/STAN — “Author: Robin Dey, Founder, VBRL.ai (Vicharatmak Buddhi Research Labs), robin@vbrl.ai”. [20][21]
vbrl.ai: 'all-in-one WEB3 & AI agency — an AI focused, independent creative agency based in Dubai'
vbrl.ai — “an AI focused, independent creative agency based in Dubai.” No founder named anywhere on the site. [21]
vbrl.ai 'Trusted by many': testimonial attributed to Dr. Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET: 'VBRL has been a highly valuable partner for SingularityNET'
vbrl.ai — “Trusted by many.” First card: “Dr. Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET — VBRL has been a highly valuable partner for SingularityNET.” [21]
thebeastagi.com: 'Ten AIs. One handbook. Run like a small company… Two humans set direction.'
thebeastagi.com — “Ten AIs. One handbook… Two humans set direction.” The humans are not named on the site; the working paper names Robin Dey. [23]
thebeastagi.com services: 'Starter task $450 · code audit $1,500 · prototype $3,500 · MVP from $9,000'
thebeastagi.com — Services. “Starter task $450 · code audit $1,500 · prototype $3,500 · MVP from $9,000.” [23]
thebeastagi.com $BEAST token page: BNB Smart Chain, Fetch.ai Agent Launch token #183, contract 0xe728…8dbdf7, deploy tx block 109,366,181 Jul 11 2026, treasury 154,406,407.55 BEAST (15.44% of supply); 'not graduated yet (no DEX LP at time of writing)'
thebeastagi.com/token — “$BEAST is an experimental token associated with The Beast… launched via Fetch.ai’s Agent Launch… not graduated yet (no DEX LP at time of writing).” Contract 0xe728e9C680f45FF32DC1B13c6E17fD2758dBdf7e; treasury 154,406,407.55 BEAST (15.44% of supply). [23]

The Associates

Scott Schulz

Dey’s partner in New Dawn, MDX and Lendefi · Night Wish Group, Pattaya
Scott Schulz, photographed in a tattoo studio
Personal letter from Scott Schulz, Pattaya, 16 December 2018: 'I have lost your trust, let you down and caused this to occur'
Exhibit — Schulz’s “personal letter”, Pattaya, 16 Dec 2018. “I have lost your trust, let you down and caused this to occur… I am committed to providing a resolution to the business issue.” No resolution followed. Recipient details redacted.
Role
Dey’s childhood friend — they have known each other since the age of four, according to Dey on the recorded call — and his partner in every venture on this page: COO/co-founder of Vestabyte (2016–17) and Managing Director of New Dawn (Exhibit C); Chief Innovation Officer of MDX (Exhibit B) and a signatory to the MDX investment agreement (Exhibit C); CEO of Lendefi from February 2021 — “Reef will provide the true decentralization that Lendefi’s protocol needs,” he told the press in May 2021, three months before the project’s last audit and nine before its last update. [15]
Night Wish Group
Chief Operating Officer / “second in command” of Night Wish Group, Bryan Flowers’ chain of around 27–30 bars on Pattaya’s Soi 6, and one of its controlling investors (5 million baht), per Andrew Drummond’s reporting from May 2025 onward: “Schulz was Nightwish’s Chief of Operations, who at the same time operated Bitcoin scams under Flowers’ umbrella.” [17] The New Dawn Fund was “a Bitcoin launch carried out while he was at Night Wish.” [17]
The Danger
In April 2023 the manager of Night Wish’s Flirt bar and a cashier were arrested for human trafficking. [18] In July 2025 the manager, William Reece Bilton, was sentenced to 21 years and six months for trafficking a 16-year-old girl into prostitution at that bar; two staff received 21 years; the owner’s wife, Punnipa Flowers, three years for running an illegal sex business. [17][18] Schulz has not been charged in that case. He remains Dey’s closest business ally.

Rick Klink

The architect of the MDX structure
Rick Klink
Role
Friedrich Alfred “Rick” Klink. Executive Chairman of MDX (Exhibit B). Prepared the Information Memorandum (Exhibit A), signed the investment agreement from raklink@paritech.com.au (Exhibit C), ran investor communications (Exhibits E–F) and is the sole shareholder of Digimarkets (Hong Kong) Ltd, which took 100% of MDX Holdings’ ordinary shares (Exhibit D). Named as a strategic partner in New Dawn’s press releases and in the stopped New Dawn Fund PDS. [5][6] PDS bio
History
Founder of Paritech (his own bios). In November 2011 ASIC suspended Paritech’s Australian financial services licence for twelve months because it “failed to lodge financial statements, auditor reports and auditor opinions over consecutive years”; Klink blamed a change of auditors. [24]
Now
Co-founder (October 2019) and Executive Chair of RegenCo, an Adelaide carbon-farming advisory firm, and of Evansa / EV Impact. [24] RegenCo’s US$8M raise: documentation on file. [25] No regulator has taken action over MDX.

Questions we get asked

Is Robin Dey a convicted murderer?

No, and this site does not say so. He was charged with murder in June 2007 and convicted of manslaughter in March 2009, sentenced to ten years. [1][2][3] “Convicted killer” is what the record supports, so that is the phrase we use.

Is @rob_dey on X him?

No. That account belongs to an unrelated Robin Dey in the United Kingdom. Do not contact him. The handles that are verifiably Dey’s are listed under Names, emails and companies: GitHub web3guru888 and vbrltech, and the emails printed on his own sites and papers.

Are OpenHub Research, VBRL and The Beast AGI really the same person?

By their own documents. OpenHub’s team page names Robin Dey as Director & Co-Founder. [19] VBRL’s GitHub names Robin Dey as Founder of VBRL.ai. [21] The Beast’s working paper lists Robin Dey as an author, and Dey’s ATLAS repository calls The Beast “OpenHub Research’s autonomous AI agent fleet”. [20][23]

He says the New Dawn stop order was against the issuer, not him.

ASIC’s order was on the Product Disclosure Statement issued by Investors Exchange Limited, the licence holder. [4] That PDS names New Dawn Capital Pty Ltd — “Attention: Rob Dey” — as investment manager and states “Rob Dey is the managing director of both New Dawn Capital and New Dawn Fund.” [5] He was also Chief Investment Officer of Investors Exchange Ltd itself in the months the offer was prepared, according to his own LinkedIn. (Exhibit E)

What should I do if he or his companies contact me?

Do not send money, tokens or signed documents. Keep every message. Check the company name against the list above. Report it to the authorities and to us. If you are in Thailand and he threatens you with police or prison, as he did in 2019, keep the messages — they are evidence of intimidation, not of anything you did.

Who runs this site, and why?

A coalition of people who invested in, worked with or were threatened by Robin Dey and his partners, coordinated by Adam, the MDX seed investor whose messages appear above. We publish only what we can source, we redact private details, and we correct errors: legal@robdey.com. We publish because none of his current ventures disclose any of this, and the last person who asked him questions was threatened with prison.

We are building the case

We are compiling a master dossier for the Thai DSI, the FBI and ASIC. If you have been scammed, threatened or extorted by these men, your evidence could be the key to their arrest.

Submissions go directly to the coalition’s admin inbox. We never publish a name without written consent. If you prefer email: legal@robdey.com

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