A sample email that you can use to contact your rep is included below:

Dear Senator/Congress Person

I am writing to you as a deeply concerned US citizen. An outstanding American, Mr Tigran Gambaryan, who has dedicated his life to fighting crime and ensuring that justice is served is currently being held in completely inhumane and degrading conditions by the Nigerian government. He has been held for 6 months since February 26th In detention his health has deteriorated so much that he is no longer able to walk from the pain of his untreated herniated disc/spinal injury. The prison is also refusing to provide him with a wheelchair. Tigran has also been told that as a result of being bedridden his muscles have atrophied and he has to take blood thinners to avoid blood clots. He has also suffered Malaria and double pneumonia in Nigerian prison.

Tigran is renowned worldwide for his dedication to cleaning up the crypto industry and collaborating with governments and stakeholders to combat financial crimes. His efforts have brought down some of history’s most notorious cyber criminals, including drug dealers, human-traffickers, and money launderers.

Tigran's work in battling cyber crime and retrieving millions of dollars for the US government is so important that it was featured in a book called "Tracers in the Dark". It highlights how Tigran was an integral part of the take down of the notorious Alphabay dark web market and investigating a corrupt DEA agent who stole millions in bitcoin.

He was hired by Binance to make crypto safer and fix past compliance issues. He even trained Nigeria's EFCC officers - the very same people who are now holding him - on how to fight cyber crime. Over the course of 2022 and 2023, Tigran and his team helped law enforcement globally seize more than $2.2bn worth of illicit funding.

In 2022 alone, Nigeria received $1.2 billion for development and other projects. It is concerning that my taxes are going towards funding a government that is holding an innocent American hostage.

I am asking as your constituent whether you could please raise his case with the State department to find out what they are doing to help a former federal agent return to his young family, and why they have not yet declared him wrongfully detained. I would also like to know why my tax dollars are being used to fund a state that is holding an innocent American citizen. You can find out more about his case at the website www.bringtigranhome.com

Tigran, who is innocent, has missed countless milestones including his son’s 5th birthday and first day of school as well as spending his own 40th birthday in prison. He is about to miss his wife’s birthday and their 15th wedding anniversary. He is being treated in a completely inhumane manner by the Nigerian government and he needs to be released immediately so that he can receive the urgent medical care he needs.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,