Remtalina Land – an essay by author: Samy de Palma
Dirty Millions – A Digital Trace Search
The night was cold as investigator Lina Marković opened her laptop and scrolled through the latest data. For weeks, she’d been chasing a lead that repeatedly led to the same platform:
OnlyFans.
Not because of the suggestive content—that didn’t matter. It was about money. A lot of money. And no one could explain where it came from.
Chapter 1:
A Strange Flow of Money. Lina’s team had discovered suspicious transactions—millions of dollars transferred to seemingly insignificant profiles. One particular account stood out: Sophie Rain. A moderately successful creator, barely known, but according to records, her “biggest fan” had sent her $4.7 million in just a few months.
Who does something like that? No one throws such sums of money on the table for a few photos and messages. It wasn’t fanaticism. It was money laundering.
Chapter 2:
The Digital Shadows. Lina delved deeper. The “donor” used offshore accounts, stolen credit cards, and cryptocurrencies. He paid through tips, private messages, and subscriptions—a perfect cover. Once the money landed on OnlyFans, the platform took 20% and legally transferred the rest to Sophie. No product. No shipping. No suspicion.
That’s how casinos and fake e-commerce sites worked. But OF was better: It was discreet, global, and difficult to trace.
Chapter 3:
A Fake World. An anonymous tip gave Lina access to internal data. What she saw confirmed her worst suspicions—a network of fake creators and alleged “fans” paying each other millions. Many of these profiles were empty, their “creators” often not even real people.
And yet, millions flowed every month through banking channels like Payoneer, SEPA, and cryptocurrencies—officially declared as income from adult labor.
Chapter 4:
The Hunt Begins. The deeper Lina dug, the more dangerous it became. She contacted a cyber specialist to penetrate encrypted chats. What did they find? Evidence of organized crime. The real masterminds weren’t young influencers, but groups already connected to drug cartels and arms trafficking.
Lina knew that if she made her investigations public, she would become a target. So she worked in secret—but someone seemed to be watching her every move.
Chapter 5:
The Final Bet. A $10 million transfer suddenly appeared in a new account. But this time it wasn’t real. Lina had deceived the criminals with a fake identity, luring them out of hiding. Seconds later, investigators stormed the secret back rooms, servers were seized, and the network collapsed.
But one person remained missing—the man who had financed Sophie Rain.
Was he a criminal? A middleman? Or did he simply have money he wanted to get rid of in the wildest way possible?
Lina stared at the last records. The last message in a private chat.
“Dubai? Soon?”
The case wasn’t over.
It was just the beginning.
