Résumé
Pavel Durov was accompanied by his bodyguard and another woman.
The founder of Telegram was arrested this Saturday evening by the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie).
Focus on the reasons for his arrest.
Summary
The arrest took place this Saturday, August 24 at 8 p.m. at Le Bourget airport. Pavel Durov was arrested by the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie) gendarmes as he arrived from Azerbaijan. This 39-year-old Franco-Russian knew he was under the gun of a French search warrantissued by l’OFMIN (the Minors’ Office, Editor’s note), of the national directorate of the French judicial police.
In fact, refusing to cooperate with the French authorities to enable them to dismantle several networks, including terrorist networks, which are emerging on its messaging appPavel Durov is accused of complicity.
What are the charges against Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram?
Our colleagues from TF1 Info revealed the information last night around 10:30 p.m.. It must be said that this arrest was, to say the least, unexpected. And for good reason, since he knew he was the subject of an arrest warrant on the territory, the Franco-Russian no longer went to France.
Still according to TF1the founder of Telegram used to stay at United Arab Emiratesin South America or in the countries of the former USSR. A source close to the investigation thus confided to journalists that Pavel Durov had surely made “a dumpling” this Saturday evening, with this Parisian stopover. A holy blunder when we know what the CEO of Telegram is accused of.
Pavel Durov was detained by French special forces at Le Bourget Airport in Paris while exiting his private jet 🚨🚨$TON Took Massive Hit 🏴☠️ pic.twitter.com/OSQgtRTYom
— Karan Singh Arora (@thisisksa) August 24, 2024
Telegram, or the “hive” of criminal networks
The offences he is accused of are as follows: terrorism, narcotics, fraud, complicity, money launderingreceiving stolen goods, or even pedocriminality. In short, all the crimes that are discussed every day different networks on TelegramThe same source close to the investigation claims that Pavel Durov will not be able to escape pretrial detention.
Indeed, French justicefully aware of the means at his disposal to escape, will not take any risks. Furthermore, we can also learn that this arrest would be a “a raid with international resonance”. The authorities would like to put pressure on other European countries, with the aim of increasing work and “bend secure messaging“.
An investigator interviewed again states: “Telegram has become over the years THE number 1 platform for organized crime“. The indictment of Pavel Durov should be effective as of today, Sunday, August 25. Finally, since the information was leaked on the web, Toncoin (TON), cryptocurrency created by Telegram in 2018has simply plummeted.
Also read
