News with the tag "Tigran Gambaryan"

Nigeria’s House of Representatives member Philip Agbese has filed a ₦1 billion defamation lawsuit against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance, over allegations that he and two other lawmakers sought a $150 million bribe. House of Reps Member, Philip Agbese, Sues Binance Executive, Tigran Gamba...

Four months after being released, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has shared details about his detention by Nigerian authorities. The executive called out for justice, naming several officials responsible for his arrest, and discussed the events of his 8-month nightmare. Binance Executive Calls O...

Tigran Gambaryan, who spent eight months in a detention facility in Nigeria for alleged corruption, has publicly named three Nigerian lawmakers who he claims asked him for a bribe of $150 million. House of Rep Members Denies Claims The former Binance executive accused Philip Agbese, Ginger Onwusibe,...

Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive who was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned in Nigeria for eight months, said it would be an honor to serve his country again, if asked to do so, fighting crypto crime under the new Trump administration. Gambaryan, who has been the head of financial crime compl...

President Joe Biden thanked Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for securing the release of American citizen Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.S. law enforcement official and Binance employee, on humanitarian grounds. Gambaryan spent eight months in Nigerian detention, where his deteriorating health and alleg...

A former IRS special agent and Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, Tigran Gambaryan had been in Nigerian custody with reports of deteriorating health since February.

US President Joe Biden has expressed his appreciation to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and the Government of Nigeria for dropping dismissed criminal charges against Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crimes Compliance. Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested in February while on a business...

U.S. President Joe Biden called Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, on Tuesday to personally thank him for the recent release of detained American Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan.

Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and former federal agent detained in Nigeria for eight months, has been released. The charges against him, brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were dropped. The release of the Binance executive from one of Nigeria’s notorious prisons followed int...

Binance CEO Richard Teng has spoken out following the release of Tigran Gambaryan, a high-ranking executive at the cryptocurrency exchange. Gambaryan, who was detained in Nigeria for nearly eight months, faced charges of money laundering and tax evasion. However, after the charges were dropped, he h...