Faraji Aide Cottrell Exposed for Taking $9 Million on Polymarket and Betting on Trump Election
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Faraji Aide Cottrell Exposed for Taking $9 Million on Polymarket and Betting on Trump Election
According to Protos, George Cottrell, an aide to UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage who was previously convicted of wire fraud, had his Polymarket account (username "GCottrell93") receive a total of $8.8 million in funds in October 2024—$7 million of which came from an OKX exchange wallet (in five transactions), and another $1.83 million from a ChangeNOW wallet. These funds were subsequently used to bet on Trump winning the US election, with approximately $13 million in winnings ultimately transferred to an OKX wallet and $282,000 to ChangeNOW.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsTechFlow news, July 24: According to Protos, George Cottrell, an assistant to UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage who was previously convicted of wire fraud, received a total of $8.8 million in funds in his Polymarket account (username "GCottrell93") in October 2024—of which $7 million came from an OKX exchange wallet (transferred in five transactions), and another $1.83 million came from a ChangeNOW wallet. The aforementioned funds were subsequently used to bet on Trump winning the US presidential election; ultimately, approximately $13 million in winnings were transferred to an OKX wallet, and $282,000 to ChangeNOW.
