Wife of Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan Now Calls for Help from US

Key Points:

• Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan is suffering from severe health issues causing his wife to seek U.S. intervention.
• Yuki Gambaryan has urged the U.S. State Department to declare her husband wrongfully detained.

Yuki Gambaryan, wife of Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan, has written an emotional appeal to the U.S. State Department declaring her husband wrongfully detained, The Block first reported the news.

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Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan Sees Health Deteriorate in Nigerian Prison

Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan, who was detained in Nigeria since February, now suffers from severe health issues with sharp pain from a herniated disk, and possible tonsil surgery, among frequent viral infections. Yuki also said that Gambaryan was in considerably worse condition since imprisonment, with incomplete access to proper medical care.

On a podcast hosted by Yaya Fanusie, a former analyst with the CIA and currently policy director for AML & Cyber Risk at the Crypto Council for Innovation, Yuki Gambaryan was gradually getting desperate. She urged the U.S. government to intervene in her husband’s release, citing “The State Department declaring Tigran formally as wrongfully detained.”

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Money Laundering Charges Against Gambaryan

Gambaryan, a US citizen and Binance’s head of financial crime compliance was detained along with British-Kenyan regional manager Nadeem Anjarwalla after a series of meetings in Nigeria turned hostile. Binance chief executive Richard Teng has now spoken to report that earlier discussions with Nigerian officials included demands for crypto payments to be made in secret, as well as threats against their team, despite later being assured that they would be safe.

On the stand, Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan walked on crutches, complaining that prison officers refused to provide him with a wheelchair. His counsel, Mark Mordi, made a fresh bail application, arguing that his health condition was deteriorating.

However, a lawyer for the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said those health issues were long-standing because Gambaryan had lived with a herniated disc for over a decade.