{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/6a493974ecd1239143b05304?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jailbird | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.2","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a879162610040012f1c7a3/1783183694031-cfb0ba6d-fade-48f9-afd3-cdbca671ff82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>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?</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><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/george-cottrell-reform-uk-cards-nigel-farage-sthgmkvwk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nigel Farage’s crypto-gambler ally used Reform UK business cards</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"}