Tag: financial crimes
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Emefiele’s Assets Frozen in High-Stakes Court Drama
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Emefiele’s Assets Frozen: Court orders interim forfeiture of funds & properties. Raises concerns on CBN’s independence & executive power. The legal and political turmoil surrounding Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has once again thrust Nigeria’s judicial independence and executive power into the spotlight.…
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Binance Executives Detained: Bribery Allegations Surface
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In a startling development, two top executives of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, were detained on February 28, 2024, in Nigeria. The detention of Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla came amidst allegations of bribery involving cryptocurrency, as disclosed by Binance’s CEO, Richard Teng. The chain of events leading…
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Binance Executive Nadeem Anjarwalla Arrested in Kenya, Faces Extradition to Nigeria
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Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance executive who fled Nigeria after being detained, has been arrested in Kenya. Nigerian authorities, in collaboration with INTERPOL, are working to extradite him back to Nigeria within the week. Anjarwalla, along with another Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was detained in February in Nigeria on charges of…