After his arrest on Aug. 25, French prosecutors said they had indicted Pavel Durov with criminal charges related to his role at Telegram.
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, has been charged in France and placed under judicial supervision after appearing in court.
According to an Aug. 28 Bloomberg report, French prosecutors said they had indicted Durov with criminal charges related to his role at Telegram and required him to post bail in the amount of 5 million euros before he could be released from custody. Police delivered Durov to court after he was detained at an airport north of Paris on Aug. 25.
After his arrest, prosecutors said the Telegram founder had been taken into custody as part of a judicial investigation “against person unnamed” on charges, including complicity with illegal activities, refusal to communicate to authorities, money laundering, criminal association and providing cryptology services without prior declaration. Durov also reportedly faces child abuse allegations in Switzerland that are unrelated to the French case.
