Tigran Gambaryan
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.
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
Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, yesterday, ordered the release of the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, from Kuje Correctional Centre.
12 Oct
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused the fresh bail application of the detained Binance Holdings Executive, Tigran Gambaryan.
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has objected to the health claims made by the Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan.
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Binance has condemned the ongoing detention of Tigran Gambaryan, an employee of the cryptocurrency exchange, describing his six-month imprisonment in Nigeria as “inexplicable" and "unjust." In a recent statement, Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed that Tigran, who suffers from a herniated disc, is in severe pain and unable to walk. READ ALSO:Uganda police find 24…
21 Aug
Some crypto technology experts have called on the Federal Government to consider a new approach to handling the crypto regulation issues in the country by taking a leaf from India.
8 Aug
Family of detained Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has urged the U.S. Government and President Joe Biden to remember his promise of doing everything possible to release all American citizens languishing in different prisons across the world.
15 Jun 2024
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court yesterday discharged Tigran Gambaryan of Binance Holdings Limited and his fleeing colleague, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from the tax evasion allegations levelled against them by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
6 Jun 2024
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said due process is applied in every stage of the trial of the online financial platform, Binance, by the laws of Nigeria.
5 Jun 2024
A group of U.S. lawmakers has sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to help in the return of Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive who has been detained in Nigeria for almost three months. A US citizen, Gambaryan is head of financial crime compliance at Binance and has been held at a prison…
24 May 2024
Wife of Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria, Yuki Gambaryan, has called for the release of her husband after he slumped inside the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday. The incident occurred during the foreign exchange contravention and money laundering trial instituted against Gambaryan by the Economic and Financial…
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