The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
- Posted on February 10, 2025
- By Wired
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The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
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As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.