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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

Jailed Binance Exec Gambaryan Suspected Of Having Malaria, Severe Throat Infection

Tigran Gambaryan speaks to PYMNTS Media about security threats in crypto exchanges. PYMNTS Media YouTube Channel | At the Edge with Tigran Gambaryan (Credit: PYMNTS Media YouTube Channel/Screenshot)

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  • Gambaryan is 'very ill' and requires prompt medical care after collapsing in court last week, his lawyer said
  • Justice Nwite ordered Gambaryan to be taken to a hospital, but his family said he remains in prison
  • Gambaryan's wife said her husband was being treated inhumanely and pled for the U.S. government's help

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of financial crime compliance who has been jailed in Nigeria for some three months now, is suspected of having malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic condition that may be life-threatening and requires urgent medical attention.

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