Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, has arrived the federal high court in Abuja for arraignment over allegations of money laundering.
On February 28, Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s regional manager for Africa, were detained by the Nigerian authorities.
Although Anjarwalla escaped from the custody of the office of the national security adviser (ONSA), both executives, alongside Binance, are expected to be charged in court by the federal government for tax evasion and money laundering on Thursday.
Wearing a black T-shirt on green pants, Gambaryan was brought into court at about 9:19 am by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
When the case was called, Moses Ideho, the prosecution counsel, said they were unable to effect service on Gambaryan because they could not gain access to him.
“My lord, the prosecution has not been able to serve a copy of the charge on the second defendant (Gambaryan),” Ideho said.
“As a result, we mobilised the court bailiff to serve the second defendant but he was denied access, too.”
Thereafter, Ideho prayed the court to allow him to effect service on the defendant in court.
