Pressure campaign secures release of crypto executive from Nigerian prison

Published On Oct 29, 2024, 7:40 PM

Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime compliance at Binance, has been released from a Nigerian prison after spending eight months there on charges including money laundering and tax evasion. His release followed significant advocacy from U.S. government officials and another external pressure. While Gambaryan has returned to the U.S. to focus on his health and family, the Nigerian government will still pursue charges against Binance itself. The case has garnered attention from government officials and civil rights advocates, and there’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to address the situation more broadly.