Tigran Gambaryan, a leader at the cryptocurrency company Binance, was released on Wednesday, October 23, in Nigeria. He had been in custody since February, facing accusations of money laundering alongside the American company, involving $35 million.
A Nigerian court ruled that Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan should be released after the government dismissed money laundering charges against him, enabling him to seek medical treatment overseas.
Gambaryan was reportedly released due to the decline in his health condition, but according to the Financial Times, it was actually the diplomatic pressures from Washington that led the Nigerian government to drop the charges.
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