Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges
As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between … Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange . X: @a_greenberg . Forums: r/cybersecurity Mastodon: Andy Greenberg / @agreenberg@infosec.exchange : One promise of crypto has long been its potential to flout state control. Gambaryan's story is what happens when that promise actually comes into conflict with an unaccountable government. — Read the full, untold story of his hellish ordeal—and how he finally got free. https://www.wired.com/... X: Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : As an IRS agent, Tigran Gambaryan was perhaps the most effective crypto investigator ever. Then last year he was charged in Nigeria with money laundering and thrown in prison. Throughout, he was texting me from a secret phone. This is his full story. https://www.wired.com/... Forums: r/cybersecurity : The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter's Descent Into Nigerian Prison