Charges dropped against crypto firm Binance executive

The World

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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