Show Notes
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
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