(This Oct. 11 story has been corrected to say ‘head of monetary crime compliance,’ not ‘head of monetary compliance,’ in paragraph 1, and to vary ‘compliance chief’ to ‘government’ within the headline)
By Camillus Eboh
ABUJA (Reuters) – Binance’s head of monetary crime compliance was denied bail for a second time on Friday as his trial on cash laundering fees began in Nigeria, with a decide ruling that the jail wherein he’s being held is able to assembly his medical wants.
Tigran Gambaryan, an American citizen, has been in detention in Nigeria for the reason that finish of February. He and Binance deny the costs in opposition to him.
He had requested the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja to free him on medical grounds, arguing that he wanted to bear surgical procedure exterior jail and that his well being was deteriorating.
“There is no such thing as a proof earlier than this courtroom that the Nigerian Correctional Service can’t deal with the well being challenges of the accused,” Decide Emeka Nwite mentioned.
Nwite additionally mentioned Gambaryan had not withdrawn an attraction in opposition to a earlier bail ruling in Might and so his newest request “quantity to abuse of judicial course of to confess the accused to bail whereas an attraction is pending on the courtroom of attraction.”
The decide adjourned the trial to Oct. 18 after Gambaryan’s lawyer cross-examined two state witnesses.
Gambaryan’s spouse, Yuki Gambaryan, mentioned her husband shouldn’t be in detention as a result of he was by no means a call maker at Binance and he or she would proceed to struggle for his freedom.
“I simply pray that when he’s lastly launched that the harm he’s struggling isn’t everlasting. I’m exhausted and deeply disillusioned,” she mentioned in a press release.
Binance individually faces tax evasion fees, which it denies.
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