The scheduled arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited, with two of its officials – Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla was on Thursday stalled before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court.
In the two separate charges before the court, the crypto firm and it’s two executives, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan and the fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla, were to be arraigned by before court on allegations bordering on tax evasion.
The separate charges were filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Binance was charged in the lawsuit filed under the case number FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024 of failing to register with the FIRS in order to pay all applicable taxes.
In respect of the charge by the EFCC, arraignment was stalled owing to the objection raised by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi (SAN) against the mode of service of the charge on Binance.
The court has adjourned till April 8 to rule on the objection raised by Mordi.
While in the charge by the FIRS, the arraignment was stalled owing to the late service of the charge on Gambaryan, who was served with the charge in the courtroom on Thursday.
The FIRS also alleged the firm neglected to send users invoices to calculate and pay their value-added taxes, even though it was providing taxable services on its trading platform.
The matter was adjourned following the FIRS’ inability to serve Gambaryan the charges as he was still in EFCC’s custody.
The court adjourned till April 19 to enable him consult with his lawyer on how to plea to the charge.
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