Two Binance employees were detained at airports in the United Arab Emirates before being cleared and released after providing statements to authorities regarding third-party fund flows through a company client account. These interrogations were part of police investigations into potential financial crimes linked to the exchange, but the employees were not targets of these inquiries described as routine by Binance. The company stated it is working constructively with Dubai Police and authorities across other Emirates to establish appropriate coordination procedures. In 2024, Tigran Gambaryan, then Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, was also detained for eight months in Nigeria before all charges were dropped in October.
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