Investigator of Bitcoin Fog case and Roman Sterlingov. The Nigerian state is acting reprehensibly, but I'm not interested in an international incident to save this guy, who only has his binance position by hunting Bitcoin users and privacy advocates on behalf of another state.
Nigeria is keeping an American Binance employee in jail – basically until the company pays a $150 million bribe, doxes all domestic users, and shuts off all trading with the naira (local currency).
I dislike KYC/AML processes more than anyone, but this is an outrage.
If they're willing to go this far in saving their failing fiat currency, it won't end well. Probably not a surprise that they were one of the first countries to introduce a CBDC.
I'll be the first to ask: when are we sending the Navy SEALS?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/technology/binance-nigeria-tigran-gambaryan.html
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is that confirmed that he was an “instigator”? Obviously he’s a former IRS guy, just haven’t read any reporting about his connection to Sterlingov
IIRC, Sterlingov's counsel at some point during the case listed him as someone related to the case that was in the book "Tracers in the Dark", which discussed the Bitcoin fog investigation and which Sterlingov sought to introduce as evidence (or use as a basis for being able to speak publicly about the case).
But perhaps he was never directly involved in Bitcoin fog, as I cannot find anything stating as much.
okay, confirmed by Tor. Damn. Conflicted.