12 charges against Pavel Durov

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Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, faces 12 serious charges in France following his arrest on August 24, 2024. These charges have been brought by the Paris Prosecutor's Office and are mainly related to Durov's alleged complicity in a series of criminal activities through the Telegram platform. Here are the charges:

1. Complicity in the management of a platform for illegal transactions: He is accused of allowing Telegram to be used by criminal organizations to carry out illicit transactions.
2. Refusal to cooperate with authorities: He refused to provide information or documents requested by authorities to intercept illegal activities.
3. Complicity in the possession of child abuse images.
4. Complicity in the distribution of child abuse images in an organized group.
5. Complicity in drug trafficking: He facilitated the acquisition, transportation, and sale of narcotic substances.
6. Complicity in the distribution of tools to damage automated data systems.
7. Complicity in organized fraud.
8. Criminal association: Related to activities punishable by prison sentences of five or more years.
9. Money laundering from criminal activities.
10. Provision of uncertified cryptographic services: Related to the confidentiality of communications.
11. Provision of cryptological tools without the proper certification to guarantee authentication.
12. Importation of uncertified cryptological tools.

Durov’s arrest is part of an investigation opened on July 8, 2024, focusing on Telegram’s alleged failures to moderate illegal activities, particularly in combating child delinquency.