The businessman’s lawyer David-Olivier Kaminsky said that the accusations against Telegram founder Pavel Durov about his involvement in crimes committed through the messenger are absurd. He is quoted as saying RIA Novosti Referring to the French media.
He noted that it was absurd to think that Durov could be involved in criminal acts that could be carried out using his own messaging service.
Durova was detained Getting off a private jet at Le Bourget Airport in France on the evening of August 24. The entrepreneur arrived in the country from Azerbaijan.
In the French police stated The businessman was accused of refusing to cooperate on cyber and financial crimes on Telegram, Reuters reported. They added that Durov was under investigation by the national cybercrime and fraud departments.
On the evening of August 28, a Paris court convicted Pavel Durov of six counts of crimes, including refusal to cooperate with intelligence services, cyber fraud, complicity in the distribution of drugs and child pornography via Telegram. Durov was placed under judicial supervision: he was released on bail of €5 million with the obligation to report to the police twice a week. He is prohibited from leaving French territory. More details in the material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously on Telegram in Germany accused Insufficient willingness to cooperate.
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Source: Gazeta
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