– Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Charged With ‘Criminal Use Of App’; Not Allowed To Leave France:
Update(1600ET): Paris prosecutors have confirmed that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been charged and released on bail for six charges of ‘alleged criminal use’ of this app.
One of the charges – complicity in administering an online platform permitting illicit transactions by an organized group – carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 euros ($555,750).
He has been ordered to pay 5 million euros bail and is not allowed to leave France, and police will likely be monitoring closely any efforts to access his private jet or travel near airports, or ports of exit. Likely the precise list of charges as spelled out by the court will emerge in the coming hours.
Politico writes that he must check in at a police station twice a week:
The charges include complicity in managing an online platform “in order to enable an illegal transaction in organized group,” and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authorities, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a press release.
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