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| Born | 27 April 1986 (age 34) |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Tonbridge School |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Harry Cole (born 27 April 1986)[1][2] is a British journalist who is political editor of The Sun, having previously been deputy political editor of the Mail On Sunday.[3]
Early life[edit]
Cole was born on 27 April 1986. He attended Tonbridge School,[4] before reading Politics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Vice-Chairman/Treasurer of the Edinburgh University Conservative Association[5] and Vice-President of Scottish Conservative Future. Cole wrote the ToryBear blog, focusing on Conservative student politics.[6]
Career[edit]
Cole has written for publications including the Sunday Times and GQ.[1] He was voted the 28th most influential man in Britain by GQ in November 2011. Cole has primarily focused on politicians' expenses scandals and government waste.[7]
Cole was the co-editor of the pseudonymous website Guido Fawkes with Paul Staines until 2015,[8] having also been the news editor.[6]
In 2015, following the suspension of BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Cole delivered a petition with a million signatures, which the website he wrote for had started on Change.org, to BBC Broadcasting House by means of an Abbot self propelled artillery vehicle, calling it a 'Tank', procured from the company 'Tanks-Alot'.[9][10][11]
Cole has served as a contributing editor of The Spectator, columnist for Spectator Life, and Westminster correspondent for The Sun.[12] In May 2020 it was announced that he would return to The Sun, to become political editor in June,[13] succeeding Tom Newton Dunn who left The Sun to become a commentator for Times Radio.
Personal life[edit]
Cole was once in a relationship with Carrie Symonds,[14] the fiancée of Prime MinisterBoris Johnson.
References[edit]
- ^ ab'GQ 100 Most Influential Men In Britain 2013 List - GQ.co.uk'. GQ. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
- ^Cole, Harry. 'Thanks for my birthday present @Lunch_BXD'. Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Harry Cole'. twitter.com.
- ^'Heroku | Login'. id.heroku.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^'Apply for your Fresher's Pack'. Conservative Home.
- ^ ab'The Westminster Brat Pack'. Gazette.
- ^'Harry Cole'. Media Intelligence Partners.
- ^'THE SUN'S HARRY COLE: New Era of Punctuation & Punctuality'. Guido Fawkes. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^'Driving the Stig To BBC House On A Tank'. Tanks Alot. Retrieved 11 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Guido Aims Guns at Danny Cohen'. Guido Fawkes.
- ^''Tank' delivers Clarkson petition to the BBC'. BBC News.
- ^Jackson, Jasper (24 June 2015). 'Guido Fawkes' Harry Cole joins Sun as Westminster correspondent'. The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Tobitt, Charlotte. 'Harry Cole named new Sun political editor as Tom Newton Dunn leaves for Times Radio'. Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 May 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Gray, Freddy. 'What drives First Fiancée Carrie Symonds, asks Freddy Gray'. Tatler. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
External links[edit]
- Harry Cole at IMDb
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| Preceded by Tom Newton Dunn | Political Editor of The Sun 2020–present | Incumbent |
Harry Cole (aka Akintomide Ayoola Bolu, aka John King, aka Big Bro, aka Egbon), a 50-year-old Nigerian citizen and a resident of Canada, was extradited today from Canada to face federal charges for his alleged role in a fraudulent 'sweepstakes' scheme with an intended loss in excess of $300 million.
U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Acting Special Agent in Charge Roderick Benson, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Houston Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Antonio; and, Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Houston Division, announced the extradition.
'If you defraud Americans, it doesn't matter where you are in the world. The United States government will work tirelessly to find you, extradite you, and hold you accountable for your crimes,' stated U.S. Attorney Bash.
'Today's extradition of Harry Cole demonstrates the power of the American judicial system,' IRS-CI Acting Special Agent in Charge Benton. 'Despite the fact that Cole was living in Canada, special agents were able to track him because of our strong relationships with our international law enforcement agencies and bring him to justice.'
'HSI is committed to using our broad authority and global presence to bring international fugitives to justice,' said HSI Special Agent in Charge Folden. 'Today's extradition of Harry Cole demonstrates that HSI and our international law enforcement partners will be diligent in our efforts to locate and hold accountable those individuals who defraud U.S. citizens.'
'The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is charged with defending the nation's mail system from illegal use, no matter where those crimes originate,' said USPIS Inspector in Charge Gonzalez. 'This scheme targeted one of our country's most vulnerable populations, the elderly. Postal Inspectors will continue to work tirelessly with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to investigate these crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice.'
A federal grand jury indictment, returned in September 2018, charges Cole with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Sweepstakes) and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Each count upon conviction calls for up to 20 years in federal prison. Cole, who remains in federal custody pending his Initial Appearance in Austin, Texas tomorrow afternoon, is one of eight defendants charged in connection with this scheme.
The others include: Akintola Akinmadeyemi; Austin residents Joel Calvin and Clarence Barefield (aka CJ); Mesquite, TX, resident Donna Lundy; Nigerian citizens and Canadian residents Emmanuel Olawale Ajayi (aka Wale, aka Walata), Tony Dada Akinbobola (aka Lawrence D Awoniyi, aka Boss Tony, aka Toyin) and Bolaji Akinwunmi Oyewole (aka BJ, aka Beejay).
According to the indictment, the defendants carried out their sweepstakes scheme from 2012 to 2016. Cole allegedly purchased lists from Lundy of elderly potential victims and their addresses. He and other conspirators based in the Toronto, Ontario Canada metropolitan area sent packages containing fraudulent sweepstakes information to conspirators residing in the U.S. The packages contained thousands of mailers, which U.S.-based conspirators sent to victims notifying them that they had won a sweepstakes. Each mailer included a fraudulent check issued in the name of the victim, usually in the amount of $8,000, and a pre-addressed envelope. Victims were instructed to deposit the check into their bank account, immediately withdraw between $5,000 and $7,000 dollars in cash or money orders and send the money to a 'sweepstakes representative' to facilitate the victim collecting his or her prize. By the time the victim was notified by the bank that the deposited check was fraudulent, the cash or money order had been sent by the victim and received by the defendants or conspirators. The intended loss from this scheme was over $300 million, with an actual loss of more than $900,000.
The indictment also alleges that from June 2015 through June 2016, Emmanuel Ajayi led a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) scheme in which over 1,200 fraudulent Income Tax Returns were filed using stolen Personal Identifying Information (PII) requesting $25 million in tax refunds. Ajayi used bank accounts involved in the sweepstakes scheme to receive refunds and funnel the money to conspirators in the U.S. An IRS analysis determined that this scheme resulted in the actual loss of approximately $3.4 million paid from the U.S. Treasury.
In order to acquire the money generated by the Sweepstakes and SIRF schemes, the conspirators operated a money laundering conspiracy in the U.S. That conspiracy employed knowing and unknowing participants to conduct financial transactions with the goals of moving the proceeds from both fraudulent schemes outside of the U.S. without detection by law enforcement.
Defendants Akinbobola, Ajayi and Oyewole are considered fugitives. On March 9, 2020, Akinmadeyemi was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. On May 27, 2020, Barefield was sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Both were ordered to pay, jointly and severally, $111,870.25 in restitution. Defendants Calvin and Lundy, who pleaded guilty to the money laundering conspiracy charge, are scheduled for sentencing in Austin on March 9, 2021, before U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel.
IRS-CI, HSI, and USPIS investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael C. Galdo and Neeraj Gupta are prosecuting this case on behalf of the government. Attorneys with the Justice Department's Office of International Affairs assisted with the extradition of Cole from Canada.
It is important to note that an indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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