Jailbird | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.2

It’s July 2016 and Nigel Farage is riding high on a Brexit wave when his young aide, Posh George is arrested following a sting by US federal agents.

He’s accused of running a money laundering scheme over the dark web. Can the young financier escape a jail term and rebuild his gilded life?

Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.

Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times

Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal (thetimes.com/article/aa2fac13-d28c-48ba-b7d2-e…)by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Nigel Farage’s crypto-gambler ally used Reform UK business cards (thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/george-cottre…) by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage (thetimes.com/video/originals/article/watch-eve…)

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