The family of Tigran Gambaryan, the U.S. Binance employee held in Nigeria, has claimed that he is being “denied adequate access to his legal team and his health is deteriorating rapidly,” CoinDesk reports.
Gambaryan was brought by wheelchair to an Abuja, Nigeria courtroom for a hearing on July 16th. The next hearing is scheduled for October 11th.
Gambaryan’s family claims that his legal team has not been allowed to visit him in Kuje prison since July 26 and he is now bedridden, CoinDesk reports.
The family also said the “prison continues to hold” the executive’s medical records despite a court order for officials at the prison to release them.
The family said that Gambaryan requires surgery for “the herniated disc in his back.” .”He has had so many throat infections as well as pneumonia at Kuje, and he now also requires further surgery to remove his tonsils.”
Gambaryan now has to take blood thinners to avoid blood clots,” the family added.
The former Internal Revenue Service agent and Binance’s current head of financial crime compliance has been detained since voluntarily traveling to Nigeria in February.
Gambaryan was charged with money laundering and pleaded not guilty. Earlier tax charges were dropped in June.
