𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 Founder 𝙋𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙫 Was 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 From 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙮 In 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 On 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 28/08/24. He was taken to court for questioning in anticipation of a potential indictment. This comes just days after his dramatic arrest at a Paris airport.

The Russian-born billionaire exited the anti-fraud office outside Paris in appeared to be a police vehicle on Wednesday afternoon, according to a news producer there.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said he would now face “initial questioning and possible indictment” at a court in the French capital.

Durov, 39, was detained at Paris’s Bourget Airport on Saturday on a warrant related to Telegram’s lack of moderation. He was being investigated on charges relating to a host of crimes, including allegations that his platform was complicit in aiding fraudsters, drug traffickers and people spreading child pornography.

Durov’s app, and its lack of content moderation, has also come under scrutiny for its use by terrorist groups and far-right extremists.

He was placed in custody for up to 96 hours, the maximum amount of time someone can be held under French law before being charged.