Binance Official Who Was Detained in Nigeria Leaves Crypto Exchange

(Bloomberg) — Binance Holdings Ltd.’s head of financial crime compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, who was detained last year in Nigeria for about eight months, is leaving the world’s largest crypto exchange.

Gambaryan was released on humanitarian grounds in October after his health deteriorated while in jail. The former US Internal Revenue Service agent, who joined Binance in 2021, had been held on allegations of money laundering and currency manipulation when he traveling to Nigeria on behalf of Binance. The Nigerian government dropped the charges against Gambaryan.