Nigeria has released Tigran Gambaryan, an American executive from the popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance. He had been held in Nigeria for eight long months while facing serious charges of money laundering.

After spending eight months detained in the country, the Binance enployee was allowed to leave Kuje prison last night.

On Wednesday in Abuja, a court ruled that criminal charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive who previously served as an IRS criminal investigator for a decade, will be dropped on medical grounds as pressure from the US government has grown to secure Gambaryan's release.

Tigran Gambaryan, a senior executive at Binance specializing in financial crime compliance, has been released from detention and has left Nigeria. His release comes after an eight-month legal battle involving charges of tax evasion and money laundering.

Tigran Gambaryan returns home after Nigerian court drops charges, citing diplomatic considerations and health concerns.

Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has departed Nigeria after eight months of detention. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange made the disclosure in a statement shared with The PUNCH on Thursday.

The Chief Executive Officer of Binance Holdings Limited, Richard Teng, has reacted to the decision of the Nigerian government to drop all money laundering charges against its executive, Tigran Gambaryan.

Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan's charges of money laundering have reportedly been dropped in Nigeria after he spent seven months in prison.

After eight long months of detention in Nigeria, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has finally walked free. The Nigerian government decided to withdraw its money laundering case against Gambaryan, who heads Binance’s financial crime compliance team.

The EFCC withdrew the charges against Tigran Gambaryan but said it will continue with the money laundering suit against Binance.