US Lawmakers Visit Ailing Binance Executive in Nigerian Jail

  • Gambaryan was arrested in February on various charges
  • Hill, Houlahan visit follows letter seeking Gambaryan release
Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance Holdings Ltd., attends court in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday, April 4, 2024.Photographer: David Exodus/Bloomberg
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Two US lawmakers who visited a jailed Binance Holdings Ltd. executive in Nigeria said he is in poor health and asked the American embassy to seek a humanitarian release even as local authorities press on with a fraud trial against him.

Representatives French Hill and Chrissy Houlahan said they used the opportunity of a national-security visit to the West African nation “to advocate for an American that has been wrongfully detained by the Nigerian government.”