The Federal Government has traced fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla following his escape from custody in Nigeria.
The Binance executive flee to Kenya and has been found out. In respect to this, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), the International Criminal Police, the Nigeria Police Force and the Kenyan Police Service have accelerated on actions to execute Anjarwalla’s extradition.
Information gathered reveals that the Binance executive went into hiding immediately after he landed in Kenya.A source in the presidency who revealed this on the grounds of anonymity said, “We have found him. We know where he is. He is in Kenya, and we’re working with the authorities to bring him back to Nigeria.”
Another source also close to the matter, backed up the first source’s statement.
The source noted, “All hands are on the deck. The government and all the security agencies are working hard in conjunction with the Kenyan authorities and INTERPOL, to ensure his return to Nigeria to face the charges brought against him.”
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on April 8,2024 arraigned Binance holdings limited and one of its executive before the justice Emeka Nwite of the federal high court, Abuja.
They were arraigned on a 5-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion, currency speculation, and money laundering to the tune of $34,400,000.Meanwhile, in the March edition of the agency’s bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert,” which was released last week, the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede confirmed that the commission was working in partnership with the International Criminal Police Organisation(ICPC), the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, the governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Kenya to extradite Anjarwalla.
Olukoyede stated, “The takeover of the prosecution of Binance chiefs by the commission is no less a strong message in the direction of EFCC’s resolve to hedge in distortions and disruptions in the country’s forex market.
“Tax evasion, currency speculation and money laundering to the tune of $35.4m are at the foundation of the commission’s five-count charges against Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, the company’s chief executives.
“While Gambaryan is currently in the commission’s net, the process of extraditing the fleeing Anjarwalla is revving in full swing.
“Involved in partnership with the EFCC to nick Anjarwalla in flight are the International Criminal Police Organisation, the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, the governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Kenya as the clock winds down to his arraignment in absentia alongside the company and Gambaryan.”
