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Earlier, we brought you reports from Nigeria, where local journalists said at least four women had been killed when a crowd rushed to get cash handouts from a businessman.
Nigeria's tax agency is pursuing cryptocurrency company Binance for tax evasion, local reports say. Police have now told the BBC that seven deaths have been confirmed, but Nigerian journalist Bauchi Hassan Mohammed, who has been covering the incident, said he believes the death toll could be as high as 17.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday reportedly filed tax evasion charges against the company at the high court in the capital, Abuja. The police also said they have launched an investigation into the stampede.
The charges include failure to pay taxes, failure to file tax returns, and aiding users of its platform to evade taxes.
Binance is also accused of operating in the West African country without registration.
The crypto platform tells Reuters that it is working with Nigerian authorities to resolve the issue.
The lawsuit names two Binance executives currently detained in Nigeria - Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla - as defendants.
They have been in detention since late February, when they arrived to the country to discuss the suspension of the trading platform with Nigerian authorities.
On Monday, online newspaper Premium Times reported that Mr Anjarwalla allegedly escaped custody and fled the country last Friday.
Authorities have not confirmed this report.
Earlier this month, the Nigerian government demanded almost $10bn (£8bn) from the cryptocurrency firm as compensation for its alleged manipulation of exchange rates of the local naira currency.
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