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According to CoinDesk, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned in Nigeria for eight months, has been recommended for several positions in the Trump administration, such as the head of cryptoassets at the SEC or the leadership of the FBI's cyber division. According to people familiar with the matter, the proposal to the Trump transition team came from people associated with Trump's participation in the Bitcoin 2024 Nashville conference, including event organ...
On October 11, a Nigerian court denied Binance executive Tigran Gam baryan's request for bail due to illness, which triggered a strong opposition from Binance. In a statement, a Binance spokesperson said: "We are deeply disappointed by the court's decision to deny Tigran bail, especially in light of his deteriorating health. He has been illegally detained for more than 220 days. Ti gran did not go to Nigeria as a decision maker and there is no reason to continue his detention...
On Friday, a Nigerian court rejected a bail application by Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who is on trial for alleged money laundering and currency manipulation, on health grounds, while instructing the prison to send him to a hospital for treatment. Binance's financial crime compliance chief, Tigran Gambaryan, has been held in the country since February, and U.S. lawmakers say he has been unjustly detained. His lawyer has repeatedly cited his poor health and said he needed surgery.
Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan was still being held in a Nigerian jail on Wednesday, with Judge EmekaNwite allegedly appearing to be absent from Gambaryan's hearing this week, instead going to attend a seminar at the National Institute of Justice in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Gambaryan's hearing has now been rescheduled for Friday, October 11. He has been held in Nigeria since the end of February 2024, when he was charged by Nigerian authorities with money laundering and tax evasi...
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who is in poor health, pleaded with a Nigerian judge on Monday to allow him to undergo back surgery because he has a herniated disc. "I've been complaining about this problem, but it hasn't been resolved," said Gambaryan, 40, as his money laundering trial in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, continued. "My nerves have been permanently damaged due to lack of proper treatment, which is why I'm in this condition now, I can't walk anymore.", G...
According to Bloomberg, on Tuesday, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan attended the Nigerian court, but only stayed a few hours before the judge announced that the hearing would be postponed until October.
Nigerian prison officials said Thursday that Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive being held in the country, did not have "serious health conditions" and was "in good condition" during his detention. Gambaryan's family has insisted in recent weeks that his health is deteriorating, but a spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service has insisted that the prison can meet Gambaryan's health needs.
The Nigerian federal government has denied claims that Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan is in poor prison conditions, claiming that he has received quality medical care and complete consular services, and has stressed adherence to lawful trials and judicial integrity. In a statement, Nigeria's Minister of Information and National Positioning, Mohammed Idris, stressed that Gambaryan's detention is based on a court order and that only a court can change the conditions of his detention or order h...
Fox Business Correspondent Eleanor Terrett reports that pro-cryptocurrency U.S. Congressman French Hill, along with colleague Chrissy Houlahan, visited detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan in Nigeria. Gambaryan has been suffering from malaria and pneumonia during his detention for the past three months. Hill said Gambaryan was "wrongly detained by the Nigerian government". The two lawmakers described the difficult conditions in which Gambaryan was being held and asked the US embassy in Ni...
A group of 108 former federal prosecutors and agents signed an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urging the State Department to step up efforts to secure the release of Binance compliance chief Tigran Gambaryan from a Nigerian prison, Axios reported late Thursday. The letter was reportedly led by Katie Haun, an investor and Coinbase board member and former federal prosecutor, who called the minimal government intervention on Gambaryan's behalf completely ineffective and stre...
An open letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, signed by 108 former federal prosecutors and agents, urged the State Department to "step up" efforts to secure the release of Binance compliance chief Tigran Gambaryan from a Nigerian prison. The letter was reportedly led by Katie Haun, an investor and Coinbase board member and former federal prosecutor, who called the minimal government intervention on Gambaryan's behalf "completely ineffective" and stressed that "if it continues...
On May 24th, it was reported that on May 23rd, Tigran Gambaryan, a detained executive of Binance, fainted during the Nigerian money laundering trial. Tigran Gambaryan did not immediately step into the dock during the trial. He sat in the back row and walked to the dock with the help of his lawyer, but fainted on the way and had to sit in the front row. His lawyer informed the court of his client's deteriorating health and submitted a written application to inform the court of his condition. Judg...
A Nigerian court has postponed a tax evasion case against Binance executives until next month after authorities failed to bring Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive charged in the case, to court on Wednesday. Neither Nigerian authorities nor Binance have offered an explanation for Tigran Gambaryan's absence. Moses Ideho, a lawyer at the Inland Revenue Service, said Gambaryan was expected to be taken to court by the Nigerian Prison Service. Judge Emeka Nwite then set June 14 as the date for po...
According to DL News, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been imprisoned in Nigeria for more than 100 days and is still without bail. It is reported that Tigran Gambaryan will start his trial this Friday local time, which is also his birthday. Previously, Binance CEO Richard Teng accused Nigerian officials of demanding bribes of $150 million from the company, which was refuted and denied by relevant agencies.
A local media outlet quoted government sources as saying that Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance executive who fled Nigerian custody in March, could be extradited back to the country within a week. Nigerian authorities have located Anjarwalla in Kenya last week and are working with Kenyan authorities to bring the executive back to the country.
