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Nadeem Anjawala

Appearances

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

1027.206

The only evidence that they had in my charging documents was in my business card that said I was head of the Global Intelligence Investigations. In my entire charging records against me, my business card is the only evidence in there.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

1246.13

I don't think my wife would let me go back to Nigeria if I wanted to. She's right. Or like outside the house.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

301.377

I don't want to handle business. I have nothing to do with any products. My whole core duties, which is all I do, is assist law enforcement.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

337.559

We agreed to go out there, meet with them, be like, OK, you know what, if you need anything, just to kind of even, you know, go above and beyond and help them out.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

415.266

When he showed up... They're like, oh, just come in, just sit down. They'll come in in a little bit. We waited for a couple of hours.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

425.156

It started getting a little weird.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

459.67

one of the guys who was actually responsible for this, he comes in, kind of slaps a folder on the table, starts saying, you know, you've destroyed the Nigerian economy.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

496.285

We want user records for every single Nigerian user. Until that's done, you can't leave.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

629.068

There was a cook that was assigned to the house. Nadim was, like, ridiculous the whole time. It was crazy. He would, like, make crazy requests and kept asking for, like, smoothies in the morning. The cook would make him, like, two smoothies, like an avocado smoothie and whatever.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

662.671

It was dark. The lights were out. So I went up and knocked on his door. He didn't answer.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

666.732

I was like, Nadeem, Nadeem, are you there? No response. I just see, you know, just a mountain of, like, blankets and, like, pillows. And I'm like, there's a foot sticking out from underneath the blanket. I pull it off. He had stuffed a water bottle inside a sock, put it there, so.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

711.834

When I'm like, I'm alone. And so I'm trying to figure out how do I handle this? What should I do?

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

776.138

They treated me like Hannibal Lecter when they're transporting me. It was ridiculous. Like two trucks full of people with rifles, one in the front, one in the back. It was insane.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

800.879

It was just a cell with no air conditioning, nothing, cockroaches. There was a mattress and a ton of cockroaches just everywhere, just like infestation.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

826.198

One of the guard comes in, didn't ask, he just opens the door, sits down on the bed and says like, I'll sell you a phone for $25,000. I'm like, what? He's like, yeah, you're a Binance executive. You're a billionaire. You can afford this. I'm like, I'm sorry, you got the wrong guy. He's like, okay, fine, $5,000. I'm like, no, I'm like, I'm not a billionaire.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

917.845

I just can't believe that I'm still here. I just spent my 40th birthday in a Nigerian prison, for God's sake.

Planet Money

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

929.268

It feels kind of like food poisoning. So the next thing I know, I'm throwing up.