Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange platform, has actually stated Tigran Gambaryan, the apprehended ’em ployee’ presently kept in Nigeria’s custody, is not a member of the business’s management group.
The company kept in mind that Gambaryan just works as a police officer and remains in no location to make essential choices, for this reason of no genuine significance to the nation.
“Tigran is a stringent police expert and not part of Binance management. While he has actually left the main service of the U.S. federal government, he has actually stayed completely dedicated to the function of police officer since, running as an international supporter for excellent governance and transparent regulative monetary practices.
“Binance respectfully demands that Tigran Gambaryan, who has no decision-making power in the business, is not called to account while present conversations are continuous in between Binance and Nigerian federal government authorities,” the company stated.
In February, Tigran Gambaryan and his coworker Nadeem Anjarwalla were apprehended following the clampdown on cryptocurrency operations in Nigeria on suspicion of participation in deceitful deals. Nadeem Anjarwalla has actually gotten away, and the nation is presently communicating with INTERPOL to extradite him.
Binance even more mentioned that Gambaryan has actually been used because 2021 and has actually been accountable for assisting the business with compliance problems.
“In 2022 and 2023, Tigran’s Financial Crime Compliance group helped worldwide police in freezing and taking more than $2.2 b worth of possessions, consisting of more than $285m in cooperation with United States companies like the FBI, DOJ, DEA, and others,” it stated.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign Binance, Gambaryan, and Anjarwalla on Thursday for $35,400,000 cash laundering charges.