Yau shekara uku ke nan da jaridar Guardian ta bayyana cewa Nigel Farage ya karɓi kyautar fam miliyan biyar daga Christopher Harborne, hamshakin attajirin da ke ba da gudummawa ga Reform UK. Wannan ba shine labarin farko ba a cikin bincikenmu da ke ci gaba, amma ya zama mafi muhimmanci, kuma sakamakon wannan fallasa har yanzu yana ci gaba da bayyana.
A hankali, hoto mai haske yana fitowa—wanda ke nuna yadda aka tallafawa Reform UK da kuma wane ne ya ba da kuɗin. Kowane sabon bayani yana tayar da ƙarin tambayoyi ga Farage da waɗanda ke kewaye da shi.
Bayan "kyautar," Guardian ta gano cikakkun bayanai game da gudummawar sirri, rance na bayan fage daga mai ba da gudummawa, da kuma yadda 'yan sandan Metropolitan suka yi hira da mutane biyu a ƙarƙashin gargaɗi. Majiyoyi sun bayyana yadda ma'aikatan bankuna daban-daban suka damu sosai game da ma'amaloli da dama—wasu daga cikinsu an ambata a sama kuma sun haɗa da manyan jami'an jam'iyyar—har suka kai rahoto ga Hukumar Kula da Laifuka ta Ƙasa.
Majiyoyi yanzu sun gaya mana cewa George Cottrell, wanda aka yanke masa hukunci a kan zamba kuma yana zaune a Montenegro, ya tura sama da dala miliyan biyu ga mahaifiyarsa, Fiona, a cikin 2024, kuma kowane biyan kuɗi yana zuwa ne jim kaɗan kafin ta ba da gudummawa mai yawa ga jam'iyyar.
Waɗannan labarai sun baiwa masu jefa ƙuri'a fahimtar mutane da mu'amalar kuɗi da ke tallafawa Reform. Wannan dangantaka ce da ke da alaƙa ta kuɗi da siyasa.
Farage abokin George Cottrell ne, wanda aka ce shi mai ba da shawara ne na kyauta ga Reform. Cottrell abokin Harborne ne, hamshakin attajirin da ya ba jam'iyyar da Farage kansa miliyoyin fam. Mataimakin Farage, Richard Tice, ya ce ya san dangin Cottrell shekaru 50. Fiona ita ma babbar mai ba da gudummawa ce ga jam'iyyar, kuma George ya ranta wa Tice kuɗi ma.
Waɗannan mutane biyar suna tsakiyar jam'iyyar da ta yi imanin cewa za ta iya kafa gwamnati mai zuwa. Idan ba su da kuɗinsu, Reform ba za ta wanzu a yanayin da take a yanzu ba.
Wannan bincike ya tura Farage ya ba da bayanai daban-daban game da dalilin da ya sa ya karɓi kyautar fam miliyan biyar, tare da iƙirarin cewa akwai makirci na gwamnati don rage masa daraja. Maimakon ya amsa tambayoyin da Guardian ta yi, shi da sauran manyan mutanen Reform sun aika wasiƙun barazana na shari'a ko kuma suka yi ƙoƙarin "lalata" labaranmu ta hanyar yin hira da jaridar Daily Telegraph, wadda ta ba da rahoton maganganunsu ba tare da tambaya ba.
Farage kuma ya yi iƙirarin da ba su da tushe game da rahoton Guardian—yana ambaton, ba tare da wata shaida ba, kutse na doka da ya shafi Rasha ko kuma magana game da leƙen asirin da gwamnati ta shirya. Watsa yashi a iska hanya ce ta karkatar da hankali, amma idan ya lafa, wasu gaskiyar sun kasance ba su canza ba, kuma wasu tambayoyi ba su da amsa.
Da yawa daga cikin waɗannan tambayoyin sun shafi George Cottrell, wanda aka fi sani da "Posh George," wanda ke gefen Farage aƙalla shekaru goma. Da yawa sun shafi dukiyarsa da ayyukan kasuwanci. A watan Janairu, Guardian ta ba da rahoto game da rawar da ya taka a matsayin mai wakiltar ƙungiyar caca ta babban ɗan caca kuma mai mallakar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa Tony Bloom. Takardun kotu sun ce Cottrell, ban da samun miliyoyin ta hanyar barin ƙungiyar Bloom ta yi caca ta asusun da ke cikin sunansa, yana da hannun jari a kamfanin caca na ketare Tether.bet.
Iƙirarin ya ci gaba: cewa ya tuntuɓi 'yan caca a Burtaniya don amfani da Tether.bet, duk da cewa kamfanin ba shi da lasisin caca na Burtaniya. Lauyoyin Cottrell sun sha cewa shi ba darekta ko mai hannun jari na Tether.bet ba ne kuma bai yi tsokaci game da shari'ar ba, saboda ba shi cikin ɓangarorin. Shari'ar ta shafi tsohon ma'aikacin ƙungiyar caca ta Bloom wanda ya ce ya gabatar da Cottrell ga Bloom. Cottrell, wanda ba shi da ikon biyan lauya a lokacin da aka fara kama shi a shekarar 2016, yana cikin Amurka kuma ya dogara da tallafin dangi. Amma tun da ya fita daga kurkukun Amurka a 2017, yanayinsa ya canza da sauri.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Christopher Harborne ya ba Farage kyautar fam miliyan biyar a watan Afrilu 2024, kuma wani ɓangare na wannan kuɗin ba a tura shi ba sai jim kaɗan kafin Farage ya sanar da cewa zai tsaya takarar zaɓen Yuli. Hoton: George Cracknell Wright/LNP
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, ya yi rayuwa mai tsada, ta jirgin sama, sau da yawa yana zaune a Montenegro.
Sannan akwai tambayoyi game da Farage, wanda ya ce ba shi da kuɗi a 2017.
Tambayoyi biyar masu muhimmanci ga Reform UK game da kuɗinta
Karanta ƙarin
Ba haka ba yanzu. Yana da gidaje da yawa, kuma ya nuna fushi lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da wannan da kuma abin da ya yi da fam miliyan biyar daga Harborne.
"Ba ruwan ku da hakan," in ji shi ga BBC.
Fam miliyan biyar ya zo ne ta hanyar takardar kyauta a watan Afrilu 2024, a lokacin da Farage, wanda shine babban mai hannun jari na Reform UK, ke yanke shawarar makomarsa ta siyasa.
A gaskiya, Guardian daga baya ta ba da rahoton iƙirarin majiyoyinmu cewa wasu daga cikin fam miliyan biyar ba a tura su ga Farage ba sai jim kaɗan kafin ya sanar da cewa zai tsaya takarar zaɓen 2024.
Lauyoyin Harborne sun ce kyautar ba ta da sharadi kuma, lokacin da aka ba da ita, Harborne bai yi tsammanin Farage zai koma siyasa ba.
Guardian tun daga nan ta gano ƙarin bayanai game da haɗakar mu'amalar kuɗi ta sirri da gudummawar da ake ba jam'iyyar.
Cottrell, wanda Guardian ta bayyana cewa wani lokaci ana kiransa shugaban ma'aikatan Farage (Reform ta ce bai taɓa riƙe wani matsayi na hukuma a jam'iyyar ba), yana ba da tallafin kuɗi ga Tice a hankali.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Kamfanin Richard Tice, Tisun Investments, ya ranta kuɗi daga Cottrell, wanda aka biya bayan an ba da gudummawa mai yawa ta wannan kamfani ga Reform UK. Hoton: Neil Hall/EPA
Ya ranta wa kamfanin Tice fam 78,100 a ƙarshen 2024, lokacin da ya riga ya zama ɗan majalisa. Tice ya ce an biya kuɗin, amma sai bayan ya ba da gudummawar fam 613,000 ta wannan kamfani—Tisun Investments—ga Reform. Tice ya kira shi "rance na gada," wani nau'in rance na ɗan gajeren lokaci.
Amma fa'idodin da tallafin da Cottrell ya ba Farage, da kuma rance na fam 78,100 ga Tice, ba su da yawa idan aka kwatanta da karimcin da Cottrell ya nuna wa jam'iyyar.
Kamar yadda Guardian ta bayyana, mahaifiyarsa, mace mai asalin sarauta amma an yi imanin cewa tana da hali mai ƙanƙanta, ta ba da gudummawar sirri ga Britain Means Business—kayan tara kuɗi na Reform wanda Tice kaɗai ke sarrafa—fam miliyan ɗaya a ranar 10 ga Yuni 2024, 'yan makonni kafin zaɓen Yuli.
Rabin wannan adadin, fam 500,000, an tura shi cikin jam'iyyar kusan nan take, duk da cewa ma'aikatan banki sun tambayi Tice game da inda kuɗin ya fito. Wannan ya kasance ƙari ga wasu gudummawar fam 250,000 guda biyu da aka ba da a sunanta a watan Mayu na wannan shekarar.
Tuntuɓi mu
Tuntuɓi Anna Isaac game da wannan labari
Idan kana da wani abu da za ka raba game da wannan labari, za ka iya tuntuɓar Anna ta ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin masu zuwa:
Saƙon Sirri a cikin Guardian app
Guardian app yana da kayan aiki don aika bayanai game da labarai. Saƙonni suna da ɓoye daga ƙarshe zuwa ƙarshe kuma suna ɓoye a cikin ayyukan yau da kullun da kowane app na Guardian ke yi. Wannan yana hana mai kallo sanin cewa kana sadarwa da mu kwata-kwata, balle abin da kake faɗa.
Idan ba ka da Guardian app, sauke shi (iOS/Android) kuma je menu. Zaɓi 'Secure Messaging'. Don aika saƙo ga Anna Isaac, zaɓi ƙungiyar 'Business (UK and Global)'.
Imel
Idan ba ka buƙatar babban matakin tsaro ko sirri ba, za ka iya aika imel: anna.isaac@theguardian.com
Aikace-aikacen saƙo
Za ka iya aika wa Anna saƙo ta Signal Messenger app: 07341998403
SecureDrop
Idan za ka iya amfani da hanyar tor cikin aminci ba tare da an lura da kai ba, za ka iya aika saƙonni da takardu ga Guardian ta dandalinmu na SecureDrop.
A ƙarshe, jagorarmu a theguardian.com/tips ta lissafa hanyoyi da dama don tuntuɓar mu cikin aminci kuma tana tattauna fa'idodi da rashin amfanin kowace hanya.
Nuna ƙari
A ranar Laraba, Guardian ta ba da rahoton cewa majiyoyin masana'antar kuɗi sun nuna cewa sama da dala miliyan biyu aka tura wa Fiona daga ɗanta. Yanzu an yi hira da su biyu a ƙarƙashin gargaɗi a matsayin wani ɓangare na binciken 'yan sanda game da gudummawar 2024 daga Fiona ga jam'iyyar da Britain Means Business. Fiona ba ta amsa ƙoƙarin da wannan jarida ta yi na tuntuɓar ta ba. George bai musanta ba da mahaifiyarsa makudan kuɗi ba. A maimakon haka, lauyoyinsa sun bayyana cewa duk wata gudummawar siyasa da mahaifiyarsa ta bayar ita ce shawararta kuma al'amarta ce. Bincike biyu na ka'idojin majalisa ana sa ran za su ƙare a kaka—ɗaya game da kyautar fam miliyan biyar da Farage ya karɓa daga Harborne, da kuma wani game da fa'idodin da ya samu daga Cottrell. Akwai kuma binciken 'yan sandan Metropolitan da ke ci gaba. Reform tana koyon cewa babban nasara yana zuwa da babban bincike.
**Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi**
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi game da yanayin kuɗi a tsakiyar Reform UK da aka rubuta cikin yanayi na halitta tare da amsoshi masu sauƙi.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko**
1. Menene ainihin rikitacciyar yanayin kuɗi a Reform UK?
Yana nufin haɗakar kamfanoni masu alaƙa, lamuni, da matsalolin lissafin kuɗi da ke kewaye da jam'iyyar. Ainihin, kuɗin jam'iyyar yana bi ta kamfanin iyaye da wasu kamfanonin da ke da alaƙa, wanda ke sa da wuya a ga ainihin inda gudummawa ke fitowa da yadda ake kashe kuɗi. Akwai kuma jayayya game da basussukan da ba a biya ba da kuma daidaiton rahotannin kuɗi.
2. Me yasa Reform UK ke amfani da tsarin kamfani maimakon zama jam'iyyar siyasa ta al'ada?
Reform UK an yi mata rijista a matsayin Kamfani mai iyaka maimakon ƙungiyar al'ada. Wannan halal ne amma yana nufin jam'iyyar tana da masu hannun jari da daraktoci. Masu suka suna jayayya cewa wannan tsari yana ba shugaba Nigel Farage ƙarin iko na sirri kan kuɗin jam'iyyar kuma yana sa waɗanda ke waje su yi wuya su bincika hanyar kuɗi.
3. Wace irin rawar Nigel Farage yake takawa a cikin wannan?
Nigel Farage shine shugaba kuma babban mai hannun jari na Reform UK Party Ltd. Yana sarrafa babban ƙungiyar jam'iyyar. Bugu da ƙari, wasu daga cikin abokanansa na kud da kud da tsoffin abokan kasuwanci suna gudanar da kamfanonin daban waɗanda ke ba da sabis ga jam'iyyar, wanda shine inda dangantakar kuɗi ke rikicewa.
4. Menene babbar matsalar lissafin kuɗin jam'iyyar?
Babban al'amari shine rashin bayyana gaskiya. Jam'iyyar ta fuskanci tara kuɗi daga Hukumar Zaɓe saboda ƙaddamar da asusun da ba daidai ba ko kuma waɗanda ba su cika ba. Akwai kuma lokutan da lamuni ga jam'iyyar ba a bayyana su yadda ya kamata ba kuma ainihin tushen kuɗi bai fito fili ba.
5. Shin Reform UK tana yin wani abu na doka ba?
Ba lallai ba. Duk da cewa an tara musu kuɗi daga mai kula da su saboda karya dokar zaɓe game da rahoto, waɗannan tara kuɗi ne don gazawar gudanarwa ba zamba ba. Duk da haka, rikitarwar tsarin yana sa da wuya a iya cewa ba a karkatar da dokoki ba, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa ake bincike sosai.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Tsaka-tsaki**
6. Menene bambanci tsakanin Reform UK Party Ltd da Reform Party?
Reform UK Party Ltd ita ce ƙungiyar doka ta hukuma da aka yi wa rijista da Hukumar Zaɓe. Reform Party shine kawai sunan da ake amfani da shi ga jama'a. Tsarin kamfani
