Binance head, Gambaryan finally reveals the lawmakers that asked for $150 million bribe

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Tigran Gambaryan, Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Binance, has maintained that his claims that three Nigerian MPs demanded a $150 million payment to save him from being arrested and charged with financial crimes in Nigeria are accurate.

On Friday, Gambaryan posted the accusations on his X Twitter, identifying the politicians as Peter Akpanke, Philip Agbese, and Ginger Onwusibe.

According to him, the lawmakers requested that he transfer the money to their cryptocurrency accounts.

Onwusibe and Agbese had refuted the accusation at the time of this publication and threatened to take legal action.

In a post on X on Saturday, the Binance executive said: “Many requested that I stay on and provide further commentary on the issues I posted about yesterday. Here’s the hard truth: what I shared was meant to fill in the gaps left by Wired and NPR’s reporting.

“The reality is that last year was incredibly painful for me and my family. I dedicated my life to fighting crime as a Special Agent with the United States Department of the Treasury and as a compliance profession. It was an honor to serve my country and it was a blessing that they came to my rescue and mobilized the full force of the U.S. government when I was in need.”

Gambaryan remembered the suffering his family endured while he was imprisoned.

“Being dragged through court on outrageous, baseless, and trumped-up charges didn’t just hurt me—it also brought immense pain to my family,” he wrote.

“I don’t want to see my kids cry because I’m not around. I don’t want to see videos of my 75-year-old mother on television in tears. I don’t want to see my wife crying on TV. I want to put this nightmare behind me and move on.

“What I shared was factual, based on my personal experiences and conversations with those who have direct knowledge of the events I discussed. Information that was shared with both Nigerian and U.S law enforcement. So please, allow me to leave this behind and find peace.

“I am no longer in law enforcement. The responsibility of seeing this through to a logical conclusion now falls on those still serving in United States and Nigeria.”

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