Nigel Farage ex-aide facing jail after admitting posing as money launderer

George Cottrell posed as ‘financier’ on black market network online to defraud drug traffickers, according to court documentsNigel Farage has distanced himself from a former aide who faces up to 20 years in jail in the US after admitting attempting to defraud criminals on the “dark web” by masquerading as a money launderer.George Cottrell posed as a “financier” on a black market network where he offered to help transfer the ill-gotten gains of drug traffickers