The French-Russian billionaire Pavel Durov, owner of the encrypted messaging application Telegram, who was arrested on Saturday night at Bourges airport in the Paris region, was released from temporary custody and transferred in the early afternoon today to the Paris courthouse, possibly to face his charges will be filed, a source close to the case said. 39-year-old Pavel Orlov was arrested on Saturday at Bourges airport, while he was going to spend the night in Paris where he was expected for a dinner. The arrest was made by the GTA (air transport gendarmerie). Listed in the FPR (file of wanted persons), Pavel Durov had arrived directly from Azerbaijan. He had a French search warrant against him issued by the national directorate of the French judicial police and issued on the basis of a preliminary investigation. French justice accuses him of not taking action to prevent the transmission of criminal or offensive content on Telegram, which has at least 900 million users.
Source: News Beast
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