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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Isaac

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns

Harborne and Farage shown in profile, one tinted blue and one tinted orange, with Reforn logos with £ signs in the background
The Guardian first revealed in April that Farage had been given £5m by the Reform donor Christopher Harborne. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty

The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal.

The disclosure will put further pressure on the Reform UK leader, who is awaiting a decision by the standards commissioner over whether his failure to declare the money breached parliamentary rules.

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