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Thereafter, the prosecution lawyer sought the court’s permission to serve Mr Gambaryan with a copy of the charge. The charge was eventually served on Mr Gambaryan, prompting the judge to adjourn further hearing until 19 April for arraignment of the defendants. “This is a joint charge and it is incumbent on the prosecution to serve the charge on the 1st defendant . Having not done that I do not think this matter can go on,” Mr Mordi argued.The prosecution lawyer told the court that Mr Gambaryan declined to receive service of the charge on behalf of Binance.
He urged the court to dismiss Mr Mordi’s submission, adding that the latter lacks the capacity to question the mode of service of the court document on Binance. Count one alleged that while involved in carrying and offering services to subscribers on their platform, known as Binance, they failed to register with the FIRS, for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service.Count two alleged that while they were offering taxable services to subscribers on their trading platform known as Binance, they failed to issue invoices to those subscribers for the purposes of determining and payment of their Value Added Tax .
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