The detained executive of cryptocurrency firm, Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Gambaryan was arraigned by the EFCC on charges of laundering $35,400,000 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja in the absence of Nadeem Anjarwalla who had escaped from custody and fled the country.
The cryptocurrency giant was also arraigned alongside Gambaryan on a five-count charge by the EFCC but when the charges were read to the accused, Gambaryan pleaded not guilty while a plea of not guilty was also entered for the company by it’s legal representatives.
