The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has re-arraigned Binance on a four-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion.
Ayodele Omotilewa, Binance’s representative in Nigeria, was
arraigned on Friday before Emeka Nwite, a judge at the federal high court in
Abuja.
Omotilewa pleaded not guilty to the four counts.
In the amended charge filed on June 14, Binance Holdings
Limited is listed as the sole defendant.
After the plea by the Binance representative, Moses Ideho,
counsel to FIRS, sought a date for the commencement of trial. The presiding
judge subsequently fixed October 11 as the trial date.
Over the past few months, Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head
of financial crime compliance, has been facing trial in Nigeria over alleged
tax evasion and money laundering.
On June 14, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
dropped the tax charges against Gambaryan.
A federal high court in Abuja discharged Gambaryan after the
FIRS confirmed the appointment of Omotilewa as the firm’s representative.
However, the EFCC has yet to drop its charges against
Binance and its executives.
The anti-graft body had arraigned Binance Holdings Limited,
Gambaryan, Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s regional manager for Africa, over
allegations of money laundering.
Gambaryan and Anjarwalla were detained by the Nigerian
authorities on February 28.
However, Anjarwalla escaped from the custody of the office
of the national security adviser (ONSA), leaving Gambaryan to face the charges
alone.
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