JUST IN: France Officially Indicts Telegram Founder Pavel Durov
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Pavel Durov, the CEO and co-founder of the popular news and messaging app Telegram, has been formally charged in France with allegedly facilitating numerous criminal transactions through his platform.
According to French prosecutors, Durov faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 euros ($555,750).
The charges levied against him include complicity in the spread of child sexual abuse materials, drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement.
The Russian-born tech mogul was arrested on the tarmac as he got off his private jet from Azerbaijan on Saturday.
According to a machine translation of a report on TF1,
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