Tigran Gambaryan, Executive Director of Binance, who was held in Nigeria for eight months in 2024 on charges of taxes and money laundering, provided additional details about his experience and what led to his release.
Speaking at the DC Blockchain summit on March 26, Gambarian, Head of Financial Crime Compliance in Binance He said The Nigerian government had carried him as a hostage, indicating that criminal charges were an excuse to “get something” from Binance. Gambary said he saw signs that he could be released “about a month” before returning to the United States.
“It was soon [United Nations] “Before that, Kinda saw me that the General Assembly in 2024 happened when this pressure rose against the Nigerian government, and I realized that I was more responsibility,” Gambary said.
Tigran Gambaryan speaks at the DC Blockchain summit on March 26. Source: rumble
Since his return to the United States in October 2024, Gambarian has made some public statements about his detention and launch. The Bings family, CEO and Nigeria reports, suggested that his health deteriorated after he was initially detained in February of that year, including cases of pneumonia, malaria and hernia.
From arrest to release
Nadim Anjarola, CEO of Gambarian and Bennce, flew to the Nigerian capital of Abuja on February 25 to discuss encryption exchange activities. It was the Nigerian authorities According to what was reported, the audit “Suspicious flows” through the local Binance arm and detained on February 26.
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During the detention of Gambaryan, Binance announced that it would stop services using Nigerian Nira, which effectively comes out of the country’s market. Later, the Nigeria Financial Crime Committee accused the executives of money laundering, in which Gambarian acknowledged it was not guilty.
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He was rejected on bail and sent to Koji Prison, where his family stated that he started suffering from health problems – a video released in September Gambary showed struggling for walking To the court, which prompted anger at many supporters. After many calls from legislators and government officials to release him and delay in court, he was Gambarian He returned to the United States On October 23.
“We hope that those who have done so will face justice,” Gambary said at the Blwchin DC summit, referring to the Nigerian authorities.
March 13 statement back To be from the Ministry of Information in Nigeria, he claimed Gambary’s description of his arrest “unfounded” and “without merit”. Cointelegraph communicated with Nigerian officials to comment, but he did not receive a response to the time of publication.
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