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Nigeria charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion.
  • Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped police custody in Nigeria on Friday, Binance said.
  • Binance's Africa manager reportedly fled the country after being taken to pray at a mosque.
  • Nigeria charged Binance, Anjarwalla, and another employee of the crypto exchange with tax evasion.

A Binance executive is reportedly on the run after busting out of police custody in Nigeria on Friday.

Nadeem Anjarwalla, the cryptocurrency exchange's regional manager for Africa, escaped guards who had taken him to pray at a mosque in Abuja and then fled the country on a Middle-Eastern airline, Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper reported.