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Arron Banks faces criminal inquiry over Brexit campaign
MPs call for Brexit process to be paused as NCA investigates £2.9m spent by leave campaign
Peter Walker and Jim Waterson
Thu 1 Nov 2018 16.01 EDT
First published on Thu 1 Nov 2018 08.15 EDT
Arron Banks, formerly a major bankroller of Ukip, said in a statement he was
‘pleased’ at the news. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
The National Crime Agency is to investigate allegations of multiple criminal offences by Arron Banks and his unofficial leave campaign
in the Brexit referendum, prompting calls from some MPs for the process of departing the European Union to be suspended.
[...]
Banks and Bilney, who chaired the Leave.EU campaign, said they rejected any allegations of wrongdoing, and argued the investigation was motivated by political considerations.
The commission said the investigations would focus on £2m reported to have been lent to Better for the Country (BFTC), a company
that was used to finance Leave.EU, and £6m more reportedly provided to the organisation, on behalf of Leave.EU, by Banks.
Of the total, £2.9m was used to fund referendum spending on behalf of Leave.EU.
A statement said: “Due to multiple suspected offences, some of which fall outside the commission’s remit, the commission has referred this matter and handed its evidence to the National Crime Agency.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/arron-banks-referred-to-agency-over-suspected-offences-in-brexit-campaign
MPs call for Brexit process to be paused as NCA investigates £2.9m spent by leave campaign
Peter Walker and Jim Waterson
Thu 1 Nov 2018 16.01 EDT
First published on Thu 1 Nov 2018 08.15 EDT
Arron Banks, formerly a major bankroller of Ukip, said in a statement he was
‘pleased’ at the news. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
The National Crime Agency is to investigate allegations of multiple criminal offences by Arron Banks and his unofficial leave campaign
in the Brexit referendum, prompting calls from some MPs for the process of departing the European Union to be suspended.
[...]
Banks and Bilney, who chaired the Leave.EU campaign, said they rejected any allegations of wrongdoing, and argued the investigation was motivated by political considerations.
The commission said the investigations would focus on £2m reported to have been lent to Better for the Country (BFTC), a company
that was used to finance Leave.EU, and £6m more reportedly provided to the organisation, on behalf of Leave.EU, by Banks.
Of the total, £2.9m was used to fund referendum spending on behalf of Leave.EU.
A statement said: “Due to multiple suspected offences, some of which fall outside the commission’s remit, the commission has referred this matter and handed its evidence to the National Crime Agency.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/arron-banks-referred-to-agency-over-suspected-offences-in-brexit-campaign
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