Those charges include managing an online platform for illegal transactions as part of an organized group, refusal to provide necessary information to authorities for authorized data interceptions, among others.
He is also accused of money laundering obtained through criminal means as part of an organized group and providing and importing cryptographic tools without proper authorization.
Durov has been placed under judicial control, required to post a 5 million euro bail, report to the police twice a week, and is barred from leaving France.
Telegram has been repeatedly mentioned in cases of various offenses such as pedocriminality, drug trafficking, and inciting hatred online. The company's lack of response to judicial requests drew the attention of the cybercrime department of the Paris prosecutor's office, leading to an investigation into the potential criminal liability of the messenger's leaders, according to the document presented in the post.
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