How a Former IRS Agent Got Locked Up in a Nigerian Prison
For more than a half-year, Tigran Gambaryan has been caught in a tussle between the country’s government and Binance, the cryptocurrency giant he works for.
Illustration: Felix Decombat for Bloomberg Businessweek
Tigran Gambaryan has investigated illegal tax shelters for the California Franchise Tax Board, served in the criminal investigation division of the US Internal Revenue Service and done a stint in The Hague working with Europol. Over the years, he developed a specialization in tracing cryptocurrency use by criminal enterprises and helped shutter sprawling contraband marketplaces such as Silk Road.
