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Medical Emergency Meets Legal Deadlock

Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan just can’t catch a break—literally or figuratively. His fam says the guy is barely standing (or not standing at all, to be precise), thanks to a bad herniated disc that’s left him needing a walker and a prayer. But here we are, February to now, with zero bail, even after meeting all the medical conditions to get some mercy from the Nigerian courts. Word is, Gambaryan can’t even shuffle to the bathroom without assistance, but bail? Nope.

Crypto Drama Takes Gambaryan Down Hard

So, here’s how the saga started: Gambaryan, along with fellow Binance top dog Nadeem Anjarwalla, lands in Nigeria to hash out a few “misunderstandings” about banning crypto platforms. Binance, Coinbase, Kraken—yeah, all the big dogs got the hammer. Anyway, Gambaryan and Anjarwalla came to clean up the mess and left with cuffs around their wrists. Nigerian officials said it was money laundering and tax stuff. Even though the tax charges later fell apart, the money laundering ones stuck.

Anjarwalla: One Exec Gone Rogue, One Left to Suffer

March came in hot. Anjarwalla, who was detained alongside Gambaryan, figured out a slick move—asked to hit the local mosque, then poof—gone, never seen again. Escaped like a ghost with a hidden passport, leaving Gambaryan stuck in jail, battling not just the system but a busted spine. Since then, Gambaryan’s health has spiraled into a black hole, and now, without a prayer in sight, he’s stuck in Nigeria while his back screams for help.

Family Pleads, But Bureaucrats Shrug

Gambaryan’s wife, Yuki, isn’t sitting quietly. Through a family spokesperson, she’s laid it bare: her husband’s treatment is “unjust” and the delay could leave him permanently crippled. She’s exhausted but still fighting. And while U.S. Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) has started trying to get Gambaryan on Washington’s radar, nobody’s paying attention because, well, elections are like that. So for now, Gambaryan is left to rot, no closer to bail, and no closer to relief.