Last summer, Cindy Gallop flew to Amsterdam to meet an investment manager who had offered her £10m in equity financing to help her grow her ethical adult content business. She knew him as Matthias from Liechtenstein-based European Holdings Investment, who was representing a real estate developer turned investor, and charging a $500k commission in cryptocurrency for his services.
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