Nigeria charges Binance with tax evasion; one detained exec has fled and another still in custody

Nigeria has charged Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, with tax evasion after a monthlong standoff between the government and the company intensified. The country’s tax watchdog made the announcement public on Monday. The charges, which also name two Binance executives, Nadeem Ahjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, were announced by the Federal Inland Revenue Service

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