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French prosecutors said Monday that they detained the CEO of Telegram over an investigation opened in July into alleged illegal activities facilitated by the encrypted messaging app, a platform popular among the cryptocurrency community. Dmitry Agranovsky, 53, the director of the Moscow Bar Association Liptser, Stavitskaya, and Partners, represents Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the messaging app Telegram. Durov is accused of allowing criminal abuse of his free speech-oriented social media platform. Agranovsky called the charges "absolutely ridiculous," according to Russian news media.

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August 26, 2024, 3:55 PM