Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime of crypto firm Binance, who was detained in Nigeria for several months, has named three Nigerian lawmakers who he claimed demanded a $150 million bribe from him.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Gambaryan and another Binance official were detained by the Nigerian government which accused their firm of money laundering and encouraging criminality in Nigeria. He was only released after the government dropped the charges against him following the intervention of the US government.

The Binance official, during his detention, mentioned that some lawmakers demanded bribes from him to stave off his arrest and prosecution.

On Friday, he named the lawmakers in a post on X (formerly...