Durov, Telegram Chief Executive arrested over In-App criminal activity
39-year-old Russian-born billionaire, Pavel Durov, the chief executive officer of global social messaging app Telegram, was arrested on Saturday in Paris.
Durov is being held by French authorities in relation to the proliferation of criminal activity on Telegram chats, according to a report by Mediapost.
The warrant for Durov’s arrest was issued by Ofmin, a law enforcement office in France that is responsible for safeguarding minors from violence. The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Monday that Durov’s detainment is in response to a judicial inquiry opened in July involving 12 alleged criminal violations.
The group is accusing the CEO of failing to moderate content related to child pornography and drug trafficking, abetting organized crime transactions and fraud on Telegram, and for refusing to share information or documents with investigators when required by law.
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