Charity boss ‘tried to buy a gong’

A charity boss accused of laundering more than £10m from the illegal sale of Viagra and slimming pills paid an agency to help him get a gong, a court heard. Edward Cohen, 67, paid Awards Intelligence £4,800 in a bid to win an honour from the Queen, jurors heard. Prosecutor James Dawes, QC, said: ‘Awards Intelligence is a company and agency which helps you get an honour, an OBE or a CBE, that sort of thing. ‘If you want to…