Telegram CEO indicted, placed under supervised release amid complicity allegations

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was formally indicted by a French judge Wednesday on charges he was complicit in the criminal activity taking place on the messaging app, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement to The Hill.

He was released from custody after posting 5 million euros for bail.

Durov is accused of “complicity” in administering an online platform to enable the distribution of child pornography, illicit transactions, money laundering, organized fraud and drug trafficking allegedly taking place on Telegram...