Tigran Gambaryan, head of the financial crime compliance team at Binance, after his arrest filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian government for violating basic human rights.
Arrested Binance manager sued the Nigerian government, demanding a public apology
According to local reports, Tigran Gambaryan, one of two Binance senior managers arrested by the Nigerian state for investigation on February 26, has filed a lawsuit against government agencies including the National Security Advisor, the Commission on Economic and Financial Crimes Board of Nigeria.
Specifically, he alleged that the actions of these agencies to arrest, confiscate his passport and temporarily detain him violated the country's constitution in ensuring an individual's right to freedom. The manager asked the court to order the Nigerian government to immediately return his passport and issue a public apology.
Furthermore, Tigran Gambaryan also asked the court to pay all legal costs.
Currently, Binance has not commented on this development when contacted by the media.
Meanwhile, the other person, Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance's Regional Director for Africa, was reported to have escaped Nigeria, having caught an international flight after attending prayers at a mosque. This person is said to have also filed a similar complaint to Tigran.
In the latest development, after the Nigerian government requested Binance to provide transaction data of all people in the country, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) accused the exchange of evading tax obligations . with 4 tax crimes including:
- Failure to pay value added tax (VAT);
- Failure to pay company income tax;
- Failure to declare taxes;
- Complicity in assisting customers in tax evasion through the exchange's platform.
Previously, the media reported that Nigeria sought to demand $10 billion in compensation from Binance after what the exchange caused in "indirectly" devaluing the Naire.
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