Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested at the Bourget airport near Paris on Saturday, according to French outlet TF1, which cited an unnamed source.
The Daily Mail reported that Durov had been traveling on his private jet and was targeted by an arrest warrant in France, according to the French outlet. He was reportedly arrested around 8 pm local time when he was with his bodyguard.
TF1 reported that Durov was under threat of a warrant due to the lack of moderation on the Telegram platform. He had arrived straight from Azerbaijan and was arrested after he got off the plane. The outlet reported that he is facing 20 years in prison for alleged offenses including terrorism, narcotic supply, fraud, money laundering, receiving stolen goods and others.
“Pavel Durov will end up in pretrial detention, that’s for sure,” the source reportedly told TF1. “On [Telegram], he allowed an incalculable number of offenses and crimes to be committed, which he did nothing to moderate.” […]
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