Durov has been charged with six crimes, including complicity in the distribution of child pornography, gang related charges, fraud, and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Telegram founder Pavel Durov was formally indicted by a French court on Wednesday, for allegedly being complicit in multiple crimes occurring on his platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Durov was first arrested at a Paris airport<\/u><\/a> on Saturday, after his private jet landed in France from Azerbaijan. Durov, a billionaire, was born in Russia but has been in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Telegram founder will no longer be allowed to leave France under judicial supervision, but he has posted a bail of five million euros,\u2002according to The Hill.<\/u><\/a> He will also be required to check in at a police station twice a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Durov has been charged with six crimes, including complicity in the distribution of child pornography, gang-related charges, fraud, and drug trafficking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,\u201d Telegram said in a statement. \u201cAlmost a billion users globally use Telegram as means of communication and as a source of vital information. We\u2019re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation. Telegram is with you all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If convicted, Durov faces up to 10 years in a French prison for the charge \u201ccomplicity in the administration of a platform enabling an illegal transaction in an organized gang,\u201d per CNN.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n