Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested after exiting his private jet at an airport in France, according to reports. Apparently, this happened to Durov after his return from a trip to Azerbaijan.
The 39-year-old founder of Telegram was arrested at Le Bourget airport, a suburb of Paris, by the French airport police. According to the French news site TF1 Info, Durov was accompanied by his bodyguard and a woman when he was arrested.
French officials issued a search warrant against Pavel Durov based on preliminary investigations; Of course, this sentence was valid only if Pavel Durov entered French territory.
French authorities believe that factors such as a lack of oversight and cooperation with law enforcement, as well as the provision of features such as cryptocurrency and temporary numbers, have turned Telegram into a tool for drug trafficking, child abuse and fraud.
Durov, a Russian-born entrepreneur and programmer, is best known for launching the social network VK and the Telegram messenger. Pavel Durov was born on October 10, 1984 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, and is often referred to as the “Russian Mark Zuckerberg” due to VK’s similarities to Facebook.
