{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/6a48e6cb04fac73b24177901?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Meet George | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/1783162106569-2a7ec400-c129-4f88-8d30-a82ff9732e6e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Who is George Swinfen Cottrell, aka Posh George? Booted out of his expensive boarding school after gambling in 2010, he comes of age in London’s Mayfair district, learning the tricks of his trade in international finance, private banking, and offshore structures.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>George is soon drawn into the orbit of UKIP leader, Nigel Farage.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host: </strong>Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times</p><p><br></p><p>Read more: <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/article/aa2fac13-d28c-48ba-b7d2-e4a809155d00?shareToken=9e34c131a6544afc4d4c1452cf6e7eaa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal</em> </a>by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo &amp; George Greenwood</p><p>Watch: <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/video/originals/article/watch-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-aristocrat-funding-nigel-farage-m580xhg6w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage</a></p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch:</p><p>Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959</p><p>For any tips on this series:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:insight@sunday-times.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">insight@sunday-times.co.uk</a></p><p>If you have a story for us: <a href=\"mailto:investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}