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 by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood

Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage

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