作者：Vince Quill，CoinTelegraph；编译：白水，金色财经
尼日利亚政府已对全球交易量最大的中心化交易所币安提起 815 亿美元的诉讼，要求其补缴 20 亿美元的税款和 790 亿美元的经济损失，原因是币安涉嫌压低尼日利亚当地法定货币。
据路透社报道，尼日利亚联邦税务局 (FIRS) 表示，币安在尼日利亚境内有“显著的经济存在”，并且有 2022 年和 2023 年的欠税。
据报道，FIRS 还要求该公司支付所欠税款的 26.75% 利息，并继续声称该交易所在降低尼日利亚奈拉在外汇市场上的价值方面发挥了重要作用。
这个西非国家此前指控并拘留了两名币安高管 Tigran Gambaryan 和 Nadeem Anjarwalla，指控他们涉嫌税务欺诈和洗钱。FIRS 后来撤销了对两名高管的税务指控。
自 2019 年以来，奈拉 M2 货币供应量大幅增加。资料来源：Trading Economics
2024 年 2 月，尼日利亚政府在公司与国家监管机构例行会谈期间意外拘留了 Gambaryan 和 Anjarwalla。
在这两名高管被拘留以及尼日利亚官员抱怨平台上的交易员破坏了奈拉的稳定后，币安于 2024 年 3 月停止了其平台上的所有奈拉交易活动。
有消息称，Gambaryan 患有慢性疾病，但据报道却拒绝提供足够的医疗服务，Gambaryan 的拘留引起了媒体的关注。
2024 年 7 月，美国众议员 Rich McCormick 提出一项决议，将拘留美国公民 Gambaryan 归类为人质事件，并要求立即释放这名高管。
Gambaryan 坐在法庭上，显然对审判过程和恶劣的监狱条件感到震惊。来源：美联社
美国外交官加大对尼日利亚政府的压力，要求其在 2024 年 9 月释放币安高管，其中包括美国驻尼日利亚大使理查德·米尔斯 (Richard Mills) 的呼吁，要求释放Gambaryan 。
在施压活动之后，该国经济和金融犯罪委员会于 2024 年 10 月撤销了对币安高管的洗钱指控。
Gambaryan 于 2024 年 10 月 23 日获释并离开尼日利亚，此前他已入狱近七个月，并经历了一场复杂的法律斗争。
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