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...
After Nigeria dropped charges against Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan and released him on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department announced that it has joined forces with Nigeria to establish the Bilateral Liaison Group on Illicit Finance and Cryptocurrencies to jointly combat cybercrime and cryptocurrency-related financial misconduct. The announcement said: "The United States works with global partners to promote cyberspace and digital technologies while combating and responding to malicious cy...
在尼日利亚撤销对币安高管 Tigran Gambaryan 的指控并使其于周三获释后,美国国务院宣布已与尼日利亚联手成立非法金融和加密货币双边联络小组(Bilateral Liaison Group on Illicit Finance and Cryptocurrencies),以共同打击网络犯罪和与加密货币相关的金融不当行为。公告中表示:“美国与全球伙伴合作以促进网络空间和数字技术,同时打击和应对恶意网络行动、网络犯罪和其他数字危害...
Binance compliance chief Tigran Gambaryan failed to appear in Nigerian court due to serious illness, delaying the trial for months. Tigran Gambaryan's lawyer, Mark Mordi, requested an adjournment to check his client's health. The judge agreed and postponed the trial until October 25. Binance financial crime compliance chief Tigran Gambaryan has been detained in Nigeria since February. A Nigerian court last week rejected a request for bail for Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan due to illness. U....
币安合规主管 Tigran Gambaryan 因病重未能出庭尼日利亚法院拖延数月的审判。Tigran Gambaryan 的律师 Mark Mordi 请求休庭以检查其当事人的健康状况。法官同意并将审判推迟至 10 月 25 日。 币安金融犯罪合规主管 Tigran Gambaryan 自 2 月份以来一直被关押在尼日利亚,尼日利亚法院上周驳回币安高管 Tigran Gambaryan 因病保释请求。美国立法者称其受到不公正拘留。他的律师多...
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 has made the release of Tigran Gambaryan a condition of applying for registration in Nigeria. The exchange is reluctant to register due to outstanding issues with the Nigerian government. It reportedly believes that the framework hastily drawn up by the Securities Exchange Commission has no legal backing. Despite this, Binance is said to remain popular with Nigerian users. In an interview with Nairametrics, a Binance spokesperson all but confirmed that the exchange is not on the SEC's li...
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...