This week, authorities in Nigeria released Tigran Gambaryan from detention. He’s an American citizen, and the head of financial crime compliance for the crypto-currency firm Binance. Both Gambaryan and Binance were accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars through its platform. Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain.
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