Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.
Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) - which they denied.
The 40-year-old was in charge of financial crime compliance at Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange that Nigeria blames for much of its recent economic turmoil.
$It accused the digital platform - where investors can buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies - of fixing exchange rates and currency speculation leading to the free-fall of the local currency.
