Telegram Founder Faces French Court
Telegram founder Pavel Durov was questioned for the first time in a Paris court in connection with a case involving claims that the messaging app enabled illegal activity.
Durov appeared in court in Paris last Friday. alongside his attorneys Christophe Ingrain and David-Olivier Kaminski.
An anonymous source with knowledge of the situation that the accusations pertaining to Telegram’s possible use for illegal transactions were the main focus of the interrogation.
Durov reportedly told the AFP that he “trusts the French justice” system, but would not provide further details. The legal troubles for the founder of Telegram started in August when he was momentarily detained at Paris’s Le Bourget airport.
The $6 million bail he posted allowed him to be released, but he is still not allowed to leave France until March 2025. Citing preliminary charges announced in August, French prosecutors accused Durov of operating a platform that allegedly facilitates illegal activities.
The Paris prosecutor’s office, Parquet de Paris, formally announced Durov’s preliminary charges on August 28 alleging that the creator of Telegram is supporting a platform that permits illegal transactions. Durov might be sentenced to ten years in prison and fined €500,000 ($550,000) should he be found guilty
France began a preliminary investigation into Telegram before Durov was arrested in Paris, the prosecutor’s office claims that the investigation progressed to a judicial inquiry.
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