While Tigran Ghambaryan was in custody, Nadeem Anjarwalla has been on the run since the Nigerian government filed a complaint against Binance.
The Nigerian government has finally found the CEO of #Binance .
Nigeria is working closely with international authorities to bring Mr. Anjarwalla back to the country.
The strained relationship between the world's largest #cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and the Nigerian government has escalated rapidly over the past month as two of the company's top executives, Nadeem Anjarwalla, head of the Africa region, and Tigran Gambarian, head of financial crimes, were detained and charged with tax evasion and money laundering at the exchange. They were charged along with
The search for Nadeem Anjawala by the Nigerian government is nearing completion. According to local media, a source in Nigeria's presidential administration said the whereabouts of the Binance executive, who fled the country on March 22, has been traced to Kenya.
The Nigerian government has been working closely with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and Kenyan authorities to extradite the suspects to Nigeria. The charges mainly relate to allegations of manipulating Nigeria's fiat currency, the naira, and facilitating the illegal movement of funds through Binance.
Anjawala reportedly fled Nigeria on a Middle East flight from Abuja. It is unclear how the Binance executive got on the international flight when his British passport was still in the hands of Nigerian authorities, but immigration authorities say he found a workaround.
According to immigration authorities, Anjarwala fled Nigeria on a Kenyan passport, and authorities are investigating how he obtained that passport without any other travel documents.
While Anjarwala is on the run, his colleague Tigran Gambarian, another Binance executive, remains in custody in Nigeria pending further legal action.
Binance's Gambarian has taken the brunt of the attacks from Nigeria.
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