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Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov has been positioned below formal investigation as a part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, French prosecutors say.
Mr Durov, 39, has not been remanded in custody – however positioned below judicial supervision and has to pay a €5m (£4.2m; $5.6m) deposit.
Russian-born Mr Durov, who can be a French nationwide, additionally has to indicate up at a French police station two instances every week and isn’t allowed to go away French territory.
He was first detained upon arrival at Le Bourget airport north of Paris final Saturday below a warrant for offences associated to the app.
