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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was detained at a Paris airport for allegedly enabling criminal activity with his encrypted messaging app, French media reported Saturday.
France issued an arrest warrant for Durov on charges of complicity in drug trafficking, crimes against children and fraud due to the lack of moderation on Telegram and his failure to cooperate with law enforcement, the TF1, LCI and BFMTV media outlets reported.
The 39-year-old billionaire was detained on the tarmac of Paris-Le Bourget Airport after his private jet landed from Azerbaijan, TF1 reported.
TF1 quoted an anonymous investigator as saying that Durov would most likely be placed in pre-trial detention.
“On his platform, he allowed an incalculable number of offenses and crimes to be committed, for which he did nothing to moderate or cooperate [with law enforcement],” TF1 quoted a source close to the case as saying.
The arrest warrant was reportedly only valid in France.
Durov allegedly knew that he was “persona non grata” in France, rarely traveled to Europe and avoided countries where Telegram was under surveillance by security forces, a source close to the investigation told TF1.
“He made a mistake tonight. We don’t know why… Was this flight just a stopover? In any case, he’s in custody,” TF1 quoted the source as saying…
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