{"id":81276,"date":"2024-06-14T08:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=81276"},"modified":"2024-06-14T08:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:48:55","slug":"nigeria-drops-tax-evasion-charges-against-binance-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/nigeria-drops-tax-evasion-charges-against-binance-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Drops Tax Evasion Charges Against Binance Executives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nigeria's FIRS dismissed<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/11-exchanges-face-tax-evasion-charges-in-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> tax evasion charges<\/a> against Binance executives but maintained the charge against Binance itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria Drops Tax Evasion Charges Against Binance Executives\" class=\"wp-image-81278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nigeria Drops Tax Evasion Charges Against Binance Executives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria dismissed proceedings against Nadeem Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, who are executives of Binance. Nevertheless, the income tax agency has not withdrawn the tax evasion claim against Binance, rendering the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/argentina-introduces-national-registry-for-crypto-exchanges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crypto exchange<\/a> the sole defendant in the tax evasion case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria has announced that proceedings against Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla have been dismissed. The court has continued to detain both Binance executives in Nigeria for further action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the FIRS agreed to revise the charges, Binance executives, including chief of crime compliance <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/nigerian-court-rejects-binance-exec-tigran-gambaryan-bail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tigran Gambaryan<\/a>, are now free. They are no longer obligated to appear in court for the tax evasion case. Binance will persist in its efforts to combat tax evasion charges presented by Nigeria's FIRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the trial hearing has been scheduled following the denial of parole for Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, who will continue to be charged with money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continues to be held in Kuje prison, where he is currently afflicted with malaria. US legislators urged President Joe Biden to secure his release, alleging that Nigeria has abducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2024\/05\/07\/nigerias-detainment-of-binance-executives-sets-alarming-precedent-ceo-warns\/\/#:~:text=Richard%20Teng%2C%20CEO%20of%20Binance,Binance%20is%20challenging%20these%20allegations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Binance executive<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 19 is the date of the subsequent hearing in the money laundering prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s FIRS dismissed tax evasion charges against Binance executives but maintained the charge against Binance itself. On Friday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria dismissed proceedings against Nadeem Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, who are executives of Binance. Nevertheless, the income tax agency has not withdrawn the tax evasion claim against Binance, rendering the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":81278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[834],"tags":[19994,350,19995],"class_list":["post-81276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-binance","tag-binance-executives","tag-nigeria","tag-tax-evasion-charges"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tigran-Gambaryan-an-executive-of-Binance-the-worlds-largest-cryptocurrency-exchange.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}