The U.S. Response to Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan’s Detention Is Shameful
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of crime compliance, is one of two executives arrest in Nigeria earlier this year. (Shutterstock/Consensus)
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Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of crime compliance, is one of two executives arrest in Nigeria earlier this year. (Shutterstock/Consensus)
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s compliance head, who remains jailed in Nigeria, is suspected of having Malaria, a family spokesperson told CoinDesk.
Binance’s head of financial crimes compliance Tigran Gambaryan is seriously ill, his lawyers said.
The Nigerian court also ruled that the Binance exchange can be served the FIRS tax evasion charges through its executive Tigran Gambaryan.
The CME is already the top bitcoin futures exchange by open interest, while the offshore, non-regulated Binance dominates the spot market.
KuCoin has paid a fine of $41,000 and Binance’s financial penalty is still to be determined after a hearing with India’s FIU.
Canadian regulators hit Binance with a C$6 million ($4.3 million) fine on Tuesday, alleging the crypto exchange committed two separate “administrative violations” of the country’s financial regulations.
A Binance team found that “VIP” clients – those trading more than $100 million per month – were engaging in pump-and-dump schemes and wash trading, the Wall Street Journal said.
Binance’s lawyer needed more time to look at evidence from Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.