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2024-08-29 Europe
Paris court releases Durov under supervision with bail of 5 million euros, faces 10 year sentence
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[Regnum] The founder of the Telegram messenger, billionaire Pavel Durov, has been released by a Paris court under judicial supervision;
…a wise decision. Best to handle carefully those who produce electrons by the barrel…
he is prohibited from leaving France. At the same time, he must post a multi-million dollar bail. This was reported by the city prosecutor's office.

The judge imposed judicial control over Durov.

It is noted that the accused was placed "under judicial supervision with the obligation to post bail in the amount of 5 million euros." He must also appear at the police station twice a week, and is prohibited from leaving the territory of France.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, the French Foreign Ministry had complaints about the procedure for obtaining citizenship of the republic by Pavel Durov. He received a French passport in 2021. Durov criticized the moderation in the messenger and refused to cooperate with the European authorities. In addition, he condemned the French authorities for the terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis in 2015.

On August 24, Durov was detained at Le Bourget Airport in the suburbs of Paris. The city prosecutor's office reported that the messenger founder was charged with 12 crimes, including complicity in the creation of an online platform for the purpose of carrying out illegal financial transactions, and failure to provide information or documents required for wiretapping permitted by law at the request of the competent French authorities.

It is known that the billionaire has met with French President Emmanuel Macron on several occasions. At the time of his arrest, Durov announced a planned dinner with Macron at the Elysee Palace.

Pavel Durov holds citizenship in Russia, the UAE, France and Saint Kitts and Nevis (Caribbean Islands).

France has requested information from Switzerland related to the accusation against Durov of allegedly abusing his son.

In 2023, Irina Bolgar, who claims to be the mother of Durov's three children, filed a lawsuit against him in a Swiss court. She claimed that Durov had physically abused his youngest son five times. The French National Police's juvenile protection service also launched an investigation into Durov.

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Pavel Durov charged with ten crimes

Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular Telegram messenger, faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand euros for administering an online platform for making illegal transactions. Details of the case were reported by the Paris prosecutor's office.

A preliminary investigation into the case of the Telegram founder in France was opened in February 2024. The investigation was coordinated by OFMIN (Office for the Protection of Minors).

According to updated information, Pavel Durov is accused of ten criminal offenses and misdemeanors. The prosecutor's office brought charges against the billionaire on August 28.

Durov is accused of committing a number of crimes and offences: complicity in the administration of an online platform for conducting illegal transactions by an organised group; failure to provide information or documents upon request from authorised bodies; concealment of crimes as part of an organised criminal group; provision of cryptology services, as well as import of cryptology tools that do not exclusively provide authentication or integrity verification functions without prior notice.

Durov is also accused of distributing an image of a minor that is pornographic in nature; drug trafficking; fraud by an organized group; complicity in the transfer or provision without legal grounds of equipment, tools, programs or data developed or adapted for hacking and access to the functioning of an automated data processing system; and complicity in a criminal community with the purpose of committing crimes.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, Pavel Durov was released by a Paris court on August 28 under supervision; he is prohibited from leaving France. He must post a bail of 5 million euros and report to the police station twice a week.

Durov was detained at Le Bourget Airport in the suburbs of Paris on August 24. He allegedly arrived for dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Posted by badanov 2024-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 So now we know why the Meta guy spoke up.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-29 06:52||   2024-08-29 06:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Devin Nunes says Zuckerberg has a 'get out of jail free card' after participating in censorship
Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-29 09:56||   2024-08-29 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Just remember - UAE suspends deal to buy fighter jets from France over Telegram CEO's arrest
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-08-29 10:23||   2024-08-29 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Zucky better realize he's on the menu too; weed weed weed all through his feed, not legal everywhere and exposed to minors; sploogebook so much worse a carrier.
Posted by swksvolFF 2024-08-29 13:26||   2024-08-29 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Why stop with the farce there France - no puppy abuse? Failure to yield to a school bus? Hate speech of better wine comes from California?

Lawyer: "Oh, well, after further investigation it does appear many Ukrainian actors where laundering money, and we are looking into from whom. Gosh golly all these hackers, be a shame if it got leaked."
Posted by swksvolFF 2024-08-29 13:39||   2024-08-29 13:39|| Front Page Top

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