Two Binance executives — Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla — have been detained for the past two weeks in Nigeria against their will, amid accusations of the exchange making illegal transaction profits locally, according to multiple media reports. 

Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen, and Anjarwalla, a dual citizen of the UK and Kenya, arrived in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja on Feb. 25, and on the next day, they were escorted to a government property and were held there after they met with Nigerian officials, Wired reported, citing their families. Nigerian authorities seized their passports, but the officials did not inform the two of their charges, according to Wired.

The two Binance representatives were reportedly invited by Nigerian authorities to discuss the country’s accusation …