Kenya’s police force reportedly arrested Nadeem Anjarwalla and may send the Binance executive to Nigeria to face charges with his colleague, Tigran Gambaryan.
Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British and Kenyan national who works at cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has reportedly been detained in Kenya after fleeing Nigeria in March.
According to several Kenyan news outlet reports from April 22, local police arrested Anjarwalla and may extradite the Binance executive to Nigeria to face criminal charges. Anjarwalla reportedly escaped custody in Nigeria on March 22 after he was taken to a mosque for prayers, fleeing the country using his Kenyan passport.
Cointelegraph was unable to confirm reports of Anjarwalla’s arrest in Kenya. He initially traveled to Nigeria in February with fellow Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan following claims the exchange manipulated the country’s fiat currency, the naira. Authorities detained both men after Binance announced that it intended to cease all naira transactions.
