One of two Binance executives detained in Nigeria has escaped custody, while the Nigerian government has filed new tax evasion charges against the exchange.
Alongside the company, two senior executives — U.S. citizen Tigran Gambaryan and British-Kenyan Nadeem Anjarwalla — were both charged and remanded in custody by Nigerian authorities.
Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service Monday announced that four new charges relating to tax evasion had been filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, according to "We were made aware that Nadeem is no longer in Nigerian custody. Our primary focus remains on the safety of our employees and we are working collaboratively with Nigerian authorities to quickly resolve this issue," a Binance spokesperson told CNBC.
"Nadeem has no authority to make high level decisions at Binance and I am once again asking from the bottom of my heart that the Nigerian authorities please allow him and Tigran to return home whilst they continue their discussions with Binance. I am also calling on the British and Kenyan governments to do more to get Nadeem back home to us," she said.
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