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$34.4Million Money Laundering: Bail Hearing Of Binance Executive Stalled By Defence Counsel’s Application

8 months ago1054 min

The hearing of the bail application of Binance Holdings Limited and one of its Executives, Tigran Gambaryan, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja was on Thursday stalled. This followed a fresh application filed by the counsel for the second defendant, Mark Mordi (SAN), a statement the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said on Wednesday. The defence’s application, a further affidavit in response to the opposition...

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Detained Binance Executives Appear In Nigerian High Court, To Remain In Detention For Two Weeks, Families Say

9 months ago10610 min

Two executives from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will remain in detention for at least two more weeks in Nigeria after appearing in court for the first time on Wednesday even though they have not been charged with a crime. Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance’s regional manager for Africa, flew to Nigeria following the country’s decision...

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BREAKING: Nigeria Launches Manhunt For Fleeing Binance Executive, Seeks INTERPOL’s International Arrest Warrant For Suspect

9 months ago1004 min

The Office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu on Monday confirmed the escape of one of the detained executives of Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla from custody. This was stated in a press statement signed by Zakari U. Mijinyawa, Head of Strategic Communication, Office of the NSA on Monday. The statement said the suspect flew out of the country with a smuggled passport. It was earlier reported that Mr Anjarwalla, 38, escaped when security guards...

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How Detained Binance Executive, Anjarwalla Fled From Nigeria On His ‘Smuggled’ Kenyan Passport

9 months ago894 min

The Nigerian government has insisted that it is collaborating with the International Criminal Police Organisation – INTERPOL, commonly known as Interpol and the international community to arrest the escaped executive of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla. This was confirmed in a press statement issued from the country’s national security adviser on Monday while confirming that Nadeem escaped from their custody on Friday when he was allowed to visit a nearby Jummah...

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Wife Of Binance Executive Detained By Nigerian Government Seeks US Intervention

9 months ago864 min

Mrs Yuki Gambaryan, wife of one of the Binance executives detained by the Nigerian government, Tigran Gambaryan, has called on the United States’ government for intervention on her husband’s continued detention in Nigeria. Yuki made the call through the US Senator, Cory Booker, and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, who led a delegation to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday at the State House. In a statement made available to journalists, she said, “For more than...