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Arraignment Of Binance, Directors By FIRS Stalled

by Olakunle Olasanmi
1 year ago
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The arraignment of the officials of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan and one other could not go on yesterday, following delayed service of the charge on one of the accused persons.
The arraignment was stalled due to the inability of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to effect service of the charge on of one of the defendants.

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When the matter was called for the defendants to take their plea before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, only Gambaryan was represented by a lawyer.
Before the case came up yesterday, neither the company nor Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from lawful custody, was represented by counsel.

However, Gambaryan‘s lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazo (SAN) told the court that his client had not been served with the charge, hence, his arraignment cannot proceed.
FIRS lawyer, Moses Ideho, though acknowledged that the agency had not served Gambaryan with the charge, said all efforts to do so proved abortive because the defendant could not be reached at the EFCC‘s detention.

Ideho then prayed the court to serve Gambaryan in the open court and the judge directed that the charge be served on him in the dock.
The lawyer, therefore, sought a stand-down of the matter or an adjournment to enable Gambaryan to consult with his lawyer.

Ikwuazo did not object to an oral application for adjournment and the matter was adjourned until April 19 for him to take his plea.
In the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, the three defendants will equally be arraigned before Justice Nwite on four counts.

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In the charge dated and filed March 22 by the FIRS, the defendants were alleged to have committed the offence on or about Feb. 1.

Count one alleged that while involved in carrying and offering services to subscribers on their platform, known as Binance, they failed to register with the FIRS, for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service.

The offences are said to be punishable under Sections 8 and 29 of the VAT Act of 1993 (as Amended), Section 40 of the FIRS Establishment Act, 2007 (as amended) and under provisions of Section 94 of the Companies Income Tax Act (as amended) respectively.
The case was adjourned to April 8 and 19, 2024.


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