Aide to UKIP’s Nigel Farage Arrested for Demanding Bitcoin in Blackmail
Aide to former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, George Cottrell was arrested by FBI for demanding Bitcoin in blackmail from undercover agents. George Cottrell, a top aide to British politician and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been charged with money laundering, extortion, and another 19 charges. The reports of his arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on July 22, 2016, has emerged yesterday. According to available information, George Cottrell was targeted in an undercover sting operation by the US law enforcement agents back in 2014. During the operation, he had allegedly agreed to....
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