Odaily News Binance issued a statement stating that Tigran Gambaryan is one of the Binance executives detained in Nigeria. Tigran Gambaryan is a U.S. citizen who spent ten years as a U.S. federal agent investigating cases involving national security, terrorist financing, and more as a member of an elite cyber investigation team within the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division. , Tigran has led multiple multi-billion dollar investigations, including the Silk Road corruption probe, the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange, and the Mt. Gox hack. Tigran was hired in 2021 to help Binance resolve past compliance issues. Tigran is a strict law enforcement professional and is not part of Binance management. In ongoing discussions between Binance and Nigerian government officials, Binance is pleading not to hold Tigran Gambaryan accountable, who has no decision-making power in the company.