Meet
The Authors
L. Burke Files,
DDP, CACM
President Of Fee Inc
Known for unraveling some of the world’s Most complex financial crimes.
Lawrence Burke Files is a Sunday Times bestselling author and renowned international financial investigator with over 45 years of experience in finance, starting from his 18th birthday. As a due diligence expert and instructor, he has handled high-stakes cases in over 130 countries, recovering laundered assets across six continents, with investigations often valued from $15 million to billions. He has visited more than 100 countries to advise on fraud prevention and recovery, collaborating with forensic reporters and institutions to expose hidden financial flows.
Files is also the author of the award-winning Due Diligence for the Financial Professional, 2nd edition, and a former director of corporate finance at American National. He is the co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller How to Launder Money.
George Cottrell
British financier and author
George Cottrell is a Sunday Times bestselling author, financier, and political strategist. Born in 1993 to an aristocratic family and raised in Mustique, he was educated at Malvern College before launching a career in finance in London. In 2014, he entered the world of politics, becoming a key advisor and fundraiser for parties including UKIP, the Brexit Party, and Reform UK, where he has been a close aide to Nigel Farage. Cottrell served time in a U.S. prison after a 2016 conviction for wire fraud related to money-laundering allegations, an experience that informs his insights into financial crime.
Today, he leads Geostrategy.com, providing international political consulting, while pursuing philanthropy, art collecting, and charitable causes—all proceeds from his books are donated to charity. He is the co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller How to Launder Money.