July 7, 2026, 3:49 PM EDT. Nigel Farage got a £5 million gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire, now flagged to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) over money laundering worries, the Guardian reports. The Reform UK chief faces questions for not declaring the sum, possibly breaking parliamentary rules. Bankers filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) after questions about the source. Farage said he didn't need to declare it, arguing he wasn't in politics yet. He took control of Reform UK weeks later. Political parties have pulled out of a by-election Farage called, wary of a media circus. Farage now faces the NCA probe and a parliamentary inquiry, both clouding his political plans.
