Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) - which they denied.

Nigerian court releases Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan on health grounds after over seven months of detention.

Nigeria has withdrawn its charges against Binance executive Tigran Gambarayan and will release him, citing his poor health.

A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the release of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan after the government dropped money laundering charges against him to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.

On Wednesday in Abuja, a court ruled that criminal charges against 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.

The federal government has withdrawn the money laundering charges filed against an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan. DAILY POST recalls that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,

Nigeria's government has withdrawn a money laundering case against Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan to allow him seek medical treatment abroad, the government's lawyer said on Wednesday.

The Nigerian government has dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance Holdings, who had been on trial for money laundering since his detention in April. ・Nigerian government drops charges against Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan.