Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime at crypto firm Binance, has publicly named three Nigerian lawmakers who allegedly demanded a $150 million bribe from him. Gambaryan, who was detained in Nigeria for several months on money laundering charges, claims the lawmakers sought the bribe to prevent his arrest and prosecution. He provided details of the alleged bribe demand, including the date and conditions, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
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On Friday, he named the suspects in a post on X . He named the suspects as Peter Akpanke, Philip Agbese and Ginger Obinna Onwusibe. In his post, Mr Gambaryan provided details of the bribe demand, including the date it occurred and the conditions under which it was demanded.
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