An incident involving Binance Holdings executive Tigran Gambariyan and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strained relations between Nigeria and the United States, the New York Times reported.
The report noted that Gambarian, who was released by a court this week, revealed that he contracted malaria and pneumonia while in Nigeria, and also suffered from a herniated disc.
Gambarian, Binance’s head of compliance, was detained for 10 months on money laundering charges as part of the Nigerian government’s case against the company. In March 2024, colleague Nadeem Anjarwala escaped from the Abuja guest house where he and his colleagues were being held after security guards on duty took them to a nearby mosque for prayers during the Ramadan fasting period. did.
But Gambarian’s case dragged on for eight months until he was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. He left Nigeria for the United States the next day. “On Thursday, a plane carrying medical equipment left Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to return him to the United States. While in custody, Mr. Gambarian contracted malaria and double pneumonia, and suffered from a herniated disc.” The book says:
