{"id":111172,"date":"2024-03-30T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111172"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:39:55","slug":"efcc-takes-over-binance-probe-plans-fleeing-executives-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-takes-over-binance-probe-plans-fleeing-executives-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC takes over Binance probe, plans fleeing executive\u2019s extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Economy and Financial Crimes Commission has charged Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla \u2013 who is on the run, with $35,400,000 money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>EFCC, which has now fully taken over the case from the Office of the National Security Adviser, has also detained Gambaryan, and has obtained a court warrant to arrest and extradite the escapee Anjarwalla.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com can confirm that the anti-graft commission is partnering with the International Criminal Police Organisation, the United States\u2019 Federal Bureau of Investigation, the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Kenyan government, to effect the arrest and extradition of Anjarwalla, the fugitive who fled from lawful custody in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Following the takeover of the investigation into the alleged financial irregularities committed by Binance, the EFCC has filed five-count charges bordering on money laundering against the cryptocurrency giant and two of its executives, Anjarwalla and Gambaryan.<\/p>\n<p>The court documents revealed that the charges were filed on Thursday, March 28, 2024, before the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja division.<\/p>\n<p>The charges read, \u201cThat you, Binance Holdings Limited (\u201caka Binance\u201d) Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla (now at large), between January, 2023 and January, 2024 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court carried on specialised business of other financial institution without valid licence and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 57(1) and (2) of the Banks and Other Financial, Institutions Act, 2020 and punishable under section 57(5) of the same Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCount two, that you, Binance Holdings Limited (\u201caka Binance\u201d) Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla (now at large), between January, 2022 and January, 2024 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court engaged in business of other financial institution (other than insurance, stock broking and pension fund management) without valid licence and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 58(5) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCount three, that you, Binance Holdings Limited (\u201caka Binance\u201d) between January, 2022 and January, 2024 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court not being an authorised dealer in Nigeria\u2019s Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market used your virtual asset services platform to unlawfully negotiate foreign exchange rates in Nigeria and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 29(1) \u00a9 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring And Miscellaneous Provisions) Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCount four, that you, Binance Holdings Limited (\u201caka Binance\u201d) Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla (now at large), and other persons at large between January, 2023 and January, 2024 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to conceal the origin of the proceeds of your unlawful activities and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 21 (a) and punishable under section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCount five, that you, Binance Holdings Limited (\u201caka Binance\u201d) Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla between January, 2023 and December, 2023 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court concealed the origin of a cumulative sum of $35,400, 000 generated as revenue by Binance in Nigeria knowing that the funds constituted proceeds of unlawful activity and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and prohibition) Act, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Federal Government, on Monday, contacted the International Criminal Police Organisation and issued an arrest warrant for the apprehension of one of the detained executives of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped from lawful custody on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This newspaper had reported that it gathered from the Office of the National Security Adviser that Anjarwalla, a suspect in the probe into the activities of Binance in Nigeria, used a Kenyan passport to escape, while his colleague was still in custody.<\/p>\n<p>The escapee Binance official, who has British and Kenyan nationalities, escaped from Abuja through a Middle East airliner, as his firm in Nigeria confirmed that Anjarwalla was no longer in the country, adding that the company would cooperate with security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The escape shocked security agencies, as they revealed that the fleeing executive was kept in a \u2018safe house\u2019 guarded by soldiers, adding that the security guards on duty had been detained.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the National Security Adviser had confirmed the escape of Anjarwalla in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Head of its Strategic Communication, Zakari Mijinyawa, who stated that preliminary investigation showed that the escapee fled Nigeria using a smuggled international passport.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that efforts were ongoing to arrest the suspect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" 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