法拉奇因500万英镑礼金接受议会标准专员调查

英国改革党领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇因接受加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈博恩赠予的500万英镑礼金而接受了议会标准专员的调查问询1。法拉奇声称这笔款项用于个人安保，不属于需要申报的政治捐款1。根据议会规则，在进入议会前12个月内与议员工作相关的财务支持需要注册1。

若标准委员会建议对法拉奇停职超过10天且议会同意，他将面临撤销请愿书和在克拉克顿选区触发补选程序的风险1。调查进展之际，改革党还因收到哈博恩和另一加密亿万富翁本·德洛共7200万英镑的捐款而面临政治捐款规范问题1。党内另有针对政策主管詹姆斯·奥尔和法拉奇助手丹·朱克斯的调查，涉及鼓励非法外国捐款指控1。

为应对相关问题，政府已提议立法禁止海外捐赠者每个日历年捐赠超过10万英镑，该规定溯及今年3月1。值得注意的是，哈博恩今年夏天才加入英国选民名册，而德洛长期驻港1。

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Reform Party, is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner regarding a £5 million gift from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Hahn 1. Farage has claimed the funds were intended for personal security and therefore do not require political declaration, though the inquiry remains ongoing 1.

Under parliamentary rules, financial support linked to a member's work within 12 months prior to entering Parliament must be registered 1. If the standards committee recommends suspension exceeding 10 days and Parliament approves, Farage could face removal proceedings and trigger a by-election in his Clacton constituency 1. The Reform Party has separately received a total of £72 million in donations from both Hahn and another cryptocurrency billionaire, Ben Delo 1.

The controversy extends beyond Farage himself. Separate investigations are underway into Reform Party policy chief James Ole and Farage's aide Dan Jukes, concerning allegations that they encouraged illegal foreign donations 1. Additionally, the government has proposed legislation to restrict overseas donors to contributions of no more than £100,000 per calendar year, with provisions applying retroactively to March of this year 1. Hahn only joined the UK electoral register in summer of this year, while Delo has maintained long-term residence in Hong Kong 1.