Pavel Durov, the founder of the social media app Telegram, was released from police custody in France on Wednesday and now faces possible charges after being transferred to a court for questioning.
This follows his arrest at Paris’s Bourget Airport over the weekend, where he was detained under a warrant related to allegations concerning the platform’s “inadequate content moderation.”
Probe Into Telegram ‘Links To Fraud’
According to reports from CNN, Durov exited the anti-fraud office outside Paris in a police vehicle on Wednesday afternoon. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that he would undergo “initial questioning and possible indictment” in France’s capital.
The 39-year-old billionaire was detained on Saturday amid a probe into various serious accusations, including claims that Telegram facilitated criminal activities such as fraud,
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