BREAKING: Trial Begins As EFCC Operatives Produces Binance Executive In Court

Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, produced an official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, in court over allegations of tax evasion.

Gambaryan and the other fleeing executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, were scheduled to be arraigned today at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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Gambaryan, the second defendant in the case, was reportedly ushered into the court by heavily armed EFCC operatives.

In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, Binance was accused of failing to register with the Federal Inland Revenue Service to pay all relevant taxes administered by the service.

The FIRS also alleged that while offering taxable services to subscribers on its trading platform, the company failed to issue invoices to those subscribers to determine and pay its value-added taxes.

At the time of filing this report, proceedings are underway.

Recall that this news medium had reported the escape of Nadeem Anjarwalla, one of the two Binance executives detained in Nigeria for alleged tax evasion and other offences from the custody  of Office of National Security Adviser.

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Mr Anjarwalla, 38, escaped on Friday, 22 March, from the Abuja guest house where he and his colleague were detained after guards on duty led him to a nearby mosque for prayers in the spirit of the ongoing Ramadan fast.

The Briton, who also has Kenyan citizenship, is believed to have flown out of Abuja using a Middle East airliner.

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