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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chinedu Asadu and Eric Tucker

Nigeria releases American crypto executive after dropping money laundering case

Nigeria Crypto Binance - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced they were ending his money laundering trial on health and diplomatic grounds.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, was freed on humanitarian parole and was returning to the United States to receive medical attention, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement Thursday announcing the release.

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