While the fintech firm was recruiting high-profile politicians, its owner was developing and promoting crypto products that crashed after launch

The founder of fintech firm Lanistar, Gurhan Kiziloz, and former UK defence secretary Sir Gavin Williamson make an unlikely pair.
Kiziloz is a designer clothes-clad entrepreneur with aspirations to become a billionaire, while Williamson is a soberly dressed former Conservative chief whip, defence secretary and education secretary.