Binance employee Gambaryan resigns after he was detained in Nigeria

The Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Binance and former US Federal Agent, Tigran Gambaryan, has resigned from the cryptocurrency exchange months after his release from detention in Nigeria.

He announced his departure in a LinkedIn post seen on Sunday, June 8, 2025, stating, “Today is my last day at Binance, marking the end of a chapter I’m deeply proud of.”

Gambaryan joined Binance in 2021, at a time when the exchange, like many others in the crypto industry, lacked a dedicated investigations team.

Gambaryan credited Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao, with supporting the creation of the unit.

“When I joined Binance, like most crypto exchanges at the time, it didn’t have an investigations team.

But it did have a founder who was committed to bringing in experienced leadership to help the company engage more constructively with law enforcement,” he wrote.

“His support for our mission never wavered, and I’ll always be grateful for the trust he placed in me and the team,” he further stated.

Over his four-year tenure, Gambaryan built and led Binance’s first global investigations function, expanding it to more than 100 professionals, including former federal agents, prosecutors, and analysts.

He said the team worked to align Binance with both US and international enforcement standards and trained thousands of law enforcement officers worldwide in financial crime prevention.

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