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Tax evasion: EFCC sets to arraign Binance executive in court 

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are set to arraign an official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, in court over allegations of tax evasion.

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He and fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla are expected to be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. 

In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, Binance was accused of failing to register with the Federal Inland Revenue Service for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service.

The FIRS also alleged that while it was offering taxable services to subscribers on its trading platform, the company failed to issue invoices to those subscribers for the purposes of determining and payment of its value-added taxes.

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Gambaryan was ushered into the court by heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

He is the second defendant in the matter.

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