Co-author George Cottrell is close aide to party leader Nigel Farage and served several months in US prison
As a choice for a book title, How to Launder Money certainly caught the eye. But then again, its co-author George Cottrell claims to know what he’s talking about.
A close aide to Nigel Farage, Cottrell served several months in a US prison after being convicted there in 2017 for wire fraud – a chapter in his life he referred to at his book launch party on Thursday night.
Farage was among the guests at the luxury hotel Raffles on Whitehall, along with many senior members of Reform UK, but for once the party’s leader was content to let the spotlight fall on Cottrell and his co-author Lawrence Burke Files.
One attender said: “George did clarify: ‘There’s nothing in this book that will assist money launderers or criminals. And he had a funny joke along the line that he did extensive research for the book, though unfortunately a lot of it is held by the FBI.”
