PANews reported on October 19 that according to Cointelegraph, a group of 18 state attorneys general urged President Biden to help ensure the release of Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive who has been detained in Nigeria since February 2024. It is reported that U.S. Attorney General John Formella wrote in a joint letter on October 18, "Tigran Gambaryan's continued detention without reason not only violates his rights, but also poses a serious risk to his health and well-being... We have a responsibility to defend American citizens abroad, and we urge the federal government to exert the necessary diplomatic pressure to ensure his release.