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Left: Gambaryan's view of Nigerian officials on the Abuja airport tarmac after he was released from jail, just before his plane took off for Rome. Until nearly the last minute, they demanded a $2,000 payment for Gambaryan overstaying his visa. Right: A selfie Gambaryan took just before his emergency spinal surgery after his return to the US. Photographs: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part VI)

February 11, 2025

US Pressure Secures Release of Binance Executive from Nigerian Custody Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive, has regained his freedom after ...

Gambaryan in his cell in Kuje Prison, filling out an absentee ballot for the November 2024 election. (He obtained the mosquito net only after contracting malaria and subsequent bacterial lung infections.) Photograph: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part V)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 11, 2025

Binance Executive Gambaryan’s Ordeal in Nigerian Detention Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan faced a harrowing ordeal in Nigerian detention, enduring solitary ...

Left: Gambaryan and Anjarwalla in the government guesthouse where they were held. Gambaryan is pointing to a surveillance camera in the house's living room. Right: Gambaryan's view from the guesthouse's couch, where he spent weeks killing time, often watching pirated television episodes with the government officials who were assigned to be his minders. Photographs: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part IV)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 10, 2025

Binance Executive’s Nigerian Ordeal: Detention, Demands, and a Daring Escape Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan found himself in a nightmarish standoff ...

Tigran Gambaryan (left) and Nadeem Anjarwalla in the office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja, just before they were detained. Photograph: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part III)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 10, 2025

Binance Executive Detained in Nigeria After Bribery Demand Before his detention, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan had been in Nigeria on ...

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Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part II)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 10, 2025

Tigran Gambaryan’s Binance Nightmare: From Crypto Cop to Nigerian Prisoner Tigran Gambaryan, a former US federal agent turned Binance executive, ...

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Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part I)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 10, 2025

Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan Detained in Nigeria Amid Crypto Dispute Tigran Gambaryan, an Armenian-American executive at Binance, woke up on ...