Binance
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The House of Representatives has absolved itself of the bribery allegations levelled against some of its members by the Head of Financial Crime Compliance of Binance, Tigran Gambaryan. This is contained in a statement issued by the Speaker of the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr., in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, has denied allegations of bribery made against him by Tigran Gambaryan, a senior executive of Binance. The lawmaker, whose committee probed into Binance's operations in Nigeria in a statement Saturday described the claims as false, malicious, and defamatory. Onwusibe's response follows…
2 days ago
The Federal Government has accused the Binance executive, who was detained by Nigerian officials in 2024, Tigran Gambaryan, of making derogatory statements against it. Gambaryan, who was accused of money laundering and tax evasion, was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for months before he was released in October. In an interview…
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A member of the House of Representatives representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituencies, Philip Agbese, has strongly refuted allegations made by Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who claimed Agbese was among those who demanded a $150 million bribe from the cryptocurrency firm. In a statement released on Friday, Agbese described the allegations as "false and baseless," asserting that…
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Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has alleged that the recent accusations against Nigerian officials by Tigran Gambaryan, a former Binance employee, are a "false flag operation" aimed at distracting Nigerians from revelations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Boko Haram. In a statement released today, Omokri…
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The Head of Financial Crime of cryptocurrency firm, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, has named the Nigerian lawmakers who allegedly demanded a $150 million bribe from him. Gambaryan was freed in October 2024 after the Federal Government dropped charges of money laundering against his firm. He had been detained for months and was released following an intervention…
11 Feb
Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has spoken about his eight-month ordeal while in detention in Nigeria, describing it as a life-threatening ordeal that left him severely ill and significantly underweight. In an interview with Wired, Gambaryan said his ordeal began on March 23, 2024, in Abuja, where he and his colleague at the cryptocurrency firm Binance,…
10 Dec
The discontinuance of the criminal trial of Tigran Gambaryan, a citizen of the United States of America (U.S.) and a senior executive of Binance Holdings Ltd (Binance) has generated fundamental unresolved issues.
4 Nov
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25 Oct
Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has left Nigeria after eight months of detention in the country.In a statement, yesterday, the family disclosed, “Today, American citizen, Gambaryan, left Nigeria and returned home to his family after eight months of unlawful detention.”
24 Oct
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, has left Nigeria after spending eight months in detention following accusations of money laundering. Nigerian authorities dropped the charges, allowing Gambaryan to exit Kuje prison and board a flight to the United States. According to a spokesperson for Gambaryan’s family, he was released on Wednesday and has been…
23 Oct
The Federal Government on Wednesday dropped all charges of money laundering against the executive of Binance Cryptocurrency Holdings, Tigran Gambaryan. Gambaryan has been facing money laundering trial since April when he was detained in Nigeria. A lawyer representing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who is the prosecuting agency, announced the withdrawal of the…
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