By Camillus Eboh
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian courtroom on Thursday adjourned a cash laundering trial in opposition to cryptocurrency change Binance and two of its executives to Might 17 after a lawyer for the change stated he had not been served with paperwork wanted to arrange for the case.
Binance and its executives Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and head of economic crime compliance, and British-Kenyan Nadeem Anjarwalla, a regional supervisor for Africa, have been charged with laundering greater than $35 million and interesting in specialised monetary actions and not using a licence.
They’ve all pleaded not responsible.
On Thursday, Binance’s lawyer complained in courtroom that he had not been served with the extra proof of proof that he would have used to arrange for the case and start trial.
He was subsequently served in courtroom and the choose adjourned to permit him to scrutinise the greater than 300-page doc forward of Might 17.
Along with the cash laundering case by Nigeria’s anti-graft company the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), Binance and its executives additionally face 4 counts to tax evasion in a separate trial that can resume on Might 17.