French authorities have confirmed the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov as part of a cyber criminality investigation.
A French prosecutor says the CEO of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested as part of a cyber criminality investigation. The Russian-born Durov, who was naturalised as a French citizen in 2021, is being held in custody in France after being detained on Saturday . The investigation concerns crimes related to illicit transactions, child pornography, fraud and the refusal to communicate information to authorities, the prosecutor said in a statement.
It is up to the judges to decide." A police spokesman told the Reuters news agency that Durov is under investigation by the cybercrime and fraud offices for failing to cooperate over cyber and financial crimes on Telegram. Durov is being accused of negligence regarding the platform's facilitation of such crimes — including drug trafficking and child exploitation. He is still in custody, the spokesperson said.
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