Tigran Gambaryan, CEO of Binance They were kidnapped and illegally imprisoned He said it would be an honor for him to serve his country again, if asked, in Nigeria for eight months, fighting cryptocurrency crimes under the new Trump administration.
Gambarian, who has been head of financial crimes compliance at Binance for the past two years, is a former federal agent and part of an elite group of early cryptocurrency trackers in the federal government, which included some high-profile investigations during Trump’s last term. In the office.
“Although I am not a political person, some of the issues that are most important to me occurred during the president-elect’s previous term,” Gambarian told Quindesk via email. “If given the opportunity, it would be an honor to serve my country again and work alongside the amazing men and women of federal law enforcement who worked tirelessly to return me to my family,” he added.
Gambaryan has been recommended for several high-profile roles, such as head of cryptocurrency assets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or a leadership position in the FBI’s cyber division. Recommendations to Trump’s transition team came from people connected to the 2024 Bitcoin conference in Nashville that Trump attended, such as event organizer David Bailey, and Tracy Hoyos Lopez, Kraken’s strategic initiatives lead, according to people familiar with the matter.
Billy and Hoyos Lopez declined to comment. Trump’s transition team did not respond to requests for comment.
When asked about the potential move, Binance CEO Richard Teng said in an interview: “As of now, Tigran is still a member of our working team, so let’s see what his intentions are. I am not privy to his thought process. American administration.”
During his 10 years as an IRS investigator, Gambarian played a central role in taking down the child sex abuse video network Welcome to the video and dark web marketplace Alpha Bay, and seizing nearly 70,000 bitcoins stolen from Silk Road. And 650,000 bitcoins stolen from Mt Gox were recovered.
Gambarian’s detention in Nigeria has sparked outrage across the cryptocurrency industry and beyond, including… numerous Members From Congress.
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