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The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison

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As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.

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The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison

13 days ago·United States

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Former IRS Agent Detained in Nigeria Released After 8-Month Ordeal

TLDR Former IRS agent and Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan was detained in Nigeria for 8 months after traveling there to address cryptocurrency compliance issues After his Binance colleague Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped, Gambaryan was moved to prison where his health severely deteriorated from malaria and spinal issues U.S. government officials and Congress members eventually pressured Nigeria to release him on humanitarian grounds in October 202…

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Wired releases Binance's Tigran Gambaryan texts from Nigerian prison

Wired’s article revealed text messages sent by Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan from Nigerian Prison during his 8-month detainment. Through text messages sent from a prison facility in Kuje, Nigeria, Gambaryan described his condition to journalist Andy Greenberg. He said that…

Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges — As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between …

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