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Farage Failed to Declare Support from Convicted Crypto Fraudster
A Sunday Times investigation found that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage received undisclosed financial support, including private security, drivers, and social media staff, from George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster tied to offshore crypto bookmaker Tether.bet, in the year before his 2024 election as MP for Clacton. Farage already faces a parliamentary standards investigation over a separate undisclosed £5 million gift from Tether stakeholder Christopher Harborne, and a Liberal Democrat MP has written to the commissioner requesting an additional investigation into the Cottrell support. Farage denied wrongdoing and has championed pro-crypto policy positions including a Bank of England bitcoin reserve and a capital gains tax cut on crypto.
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