Tigran Gambaryan’s family continues to lament the Binance executive’s ordeal in Nigeria.
Gambaryan fainted in court on Thursday.
A judge agreed to allow Gambaryan to be moved to a hospital for treatment.
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan was hospitalised Thursday after fainting in a courtoom in Abuja, Nigeria, during his money laundering trial.
Justice Emeka Nwite directed Nigeria’s prison authorities to take Gambaryan to Nizayime Hospital, an upscale private medical facility in Abuja for treatment, according to a person familiar with the order.
Meanwhile, Yuki Gambaryan, the wife of the jailed Binance man, lambasted Nigerian authorities for incarcerating and mistreating her husband.
‘The conditions in the notorious Kuje Prison are, in a word, devastating.
— Yuki Gambaryan
“Yesterday, despite numerous signs of severe illness, my husband was still required to appear in court, where he later collapsed,” Yuki said in a statement.
“The conditions in the notorious Kuje Prison are, in a word, devastating,” Yuki said, referring to the facility where Tigran has been held for the last seven weeks while he is being tried on a money laundering charge.
“My husband is a strong, healthy person but he is facing an environment that would bring even the strongest among us to our knees.”
On Thursday, Gambaryan, 40, Binance’s US-based head of financial crime compliance, fainted as he stepped into the dock to face charges he engaged in a $35 million money laundering scheme with his employer.
Gambaryan has been incarcerated in Kuje Prison since April 8 after pleading not guilty to the money laundering charge filed by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.