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Telegram founder Pavel Durov under formal investigation in France

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain 23 February, 2016. REUTERS - Albert Gea

A French judge has put put Telegram CEO Pavel Durov under formal investigation into charges that he was complicit in organised crime committed using the messaging app. He was released on bail after four days of police custody.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement Wednesday that the judge found there were grounds to formally investigate Durov on all the charges for which he was initially arrested for questioning.

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