Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan appeared in court for the second time this week on Wednesday.
The American, who’s been detained in Nigeria for over six months, faced a hearing on a bail application submitted earlier this week by his lawyers after he appeared in court earlier this week.
The prosecutor for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pushed back on a new bail application filed by Gambaryan’s lawyers on medical grounds, arguing that the US executive isn’t in ill health. But then, according to a Gambaryan family spokesperson, the prosecutor also claimed that he’s refusing treatment, which doesn’t seem to add up.
Nigerian officials have accused Gambaryan, and his employer Binance, of money laundering. The two are being charged separately.
The executive was initially detained back in February and was transferred to the Kuje Correctional Facility earlier this year. His health has…
