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A female influencer who was recently posting about a trip she's suspected to have taken with Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has gone missing since Durov's arrest.

Influencer Who Posted Trip With Arrested Telegram CEO Now Missing

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France in connection with the app’s moderation, Reuters reported. Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter (now called X) in 2022, has already taken to his own platform to speak about Durov’s reported arrest. In one of...

Elon Musk on Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Arrest: ‘Executed for Liking a Meme’

Business Times

French authorities have extended the detention of Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, following his arrest at Le Bourget airport near Paris on Saturday. The extension of Durov's detention, confirmed on Sunday, is part of an ongoing investigation into serious allegations linked to the operations of Telegram, a platform that has become a major player in global communication.

French Authorities Extend Pavel Durov’s Detention as Telegram Insists Its CEO Has ‘Nothing to Hide’

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Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov was arrested by French police after his private jet landed at Le Bourget Airport north of Paris. Arrest warrant due to the lack of moderation on Telegram.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested on warrant for app's lack of moderation

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According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

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Justin Timberlake had a pricey wristwatch, a vape pen, and over $300 in cash on him when he was arrested on DWI charges on eastern Long Island in June. Law enforcement officers discovered the singer, 43, holding a vape device, a Rolex watch, a gold band, and a wallet containing $306 in bills when he was arrested in Sag Harbor on June 18, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Justin Timberlake had a vape pen, Rolex, and $306 cash at the time of his DWI arrest: police report

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Prosecutors in France said Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in connection with a cybercrime and anti-fraud investigation into illegal activity on the platform and refusing to cooperate with law enforcement.Durov’s arrest, according to prosecutor Laure Beccuau, was part of an inquiry opened on July 8 “against person unnamed” involving potential charges such as aiding in the distribution of child sexual abuse material, money laundering, and selling illegal drugs.The messaging app said its founder has “nothing to hide” following his arrest in France on Saturday. The 39-year-old billionaire CEO of the company was detained after his private jet landed at...

Telegram Billionaire Pavel Durov’s Arrest Linked to Wider Probe, Authorities Say

Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France late Saturday, according to a local media report, after arriving on his private jet from Azerbaijan. As the news spread, the price of Toncoin (TON)—the token of the Telegram-affiliated The Open Network—plunged sharply. The 39-year-old Durov was arrested...

TON Price Plunges 17% After Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France: Report

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Reaction to France’s arrest this weekend of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has, no surprise, broken along mostly predictable lines — with one side, for example, arguing that France took the billionaire into custody in response to widespread criminality that was enabled via his encrypted messaging app. Meanwhile, free speech advocates on the other side like Edward Snowden and Alexei Navalny advisor Leonid Volkov have blasted France’s move as an attempt to enjoy some measure of control over a digital bastion of free speech, given that Durov’s app exerts minimal oversight over its 900 million users worldwide.
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France’s arrest of Telegram’s CEO feels like a warm-up for a much bigger target: Elon Musk

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Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

The Hill

The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was arrested at a Paris airport over the weekend, according to reports. French broadcasters LCI and TF1 reported that Pavel Durov was taken into custody Saturday evening at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport, according to The Associated Press. French media reported he was detained on an arrest warrant…

Telegram CEO arrested in Paris

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The founder and CEO of Rumble — a YouTube alternative billing itself as “immune to cancel culture” — said he has “departed” from Europe after Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested. “I’ve just safely departed from Europe,” Chris Pavlovski,...

Rumble boss ‘departed’ from Europe after Telegram CEO arrest

Reuters

(Reuters) -Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unidentified sources.

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We join a gold panning group to search for treasure. In August 1829, the Georgia Journal, a Milledgeville newspaper, announced that two gold mines had been discovered in Habersham County. The report onfirmed for the broader public a loosely held secret shared by a few new white settlers: the gold region of North and South Carolina extended into Georgia.

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According to a press release issued by the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office on 26 August 2024, Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular instant messaging platform Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport near Paris on 24 August 2024. The press release confirms that Durov was taken...

Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office Explains Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest and Detention

TheConversationAU

When Pavel Durov arrived in France on his private jet last Saturday, he was greeted by police who promptly arrested him. As the founder of the direct messaging platform Telegram, he was accused of facilitating the widespread crimes committed on it. 

The following day, a French judge extended Durov’s initial period of detention, allowing police to detain him for up to 96 hours.

Telegram has rejected the allegations against Durov. In a statement, the company said:


It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.


The case may have far-reaching international implications, not just...

French police have arrested the founder of Telegram. What happens next could change the course of big tech

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Officials with the Middle District of Georgia recently announced that Rontavious Jamal Jackson, a 33-year-old from Cordele, Georgia, has admitted guilt to the charge of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon after his involvement in a burglary where 62 firearms were stolen from a Macon pawn shop in 2023. Jackson faces a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison, along with three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than 60 Firearms from Pawn Shop

Layer-1 blockchain The Open Network (TON) is issuing a statement in support of Telegram founder Pavel Durov after his recent arrest in France. TON says on the social media platform that its network will continue to run as usual following Durov’s detention over alleged offenses related to the Telegram messaging app.

TON Blockchain Issues Statement Following Arrest of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov

New York Post

The arrest of Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov is part of a broader investigation into the social media app that is accused of allowing criminal activity to run rampant while failing to reliably cooperate with law enforcement, French prosecutors said. 

Durov, 39, is suspected of being complicit in global drug trafficking, pedophilia and fraud allegedly conducted on Telegram because the company is unwilling to work with police, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

“At the heart of the case is the absence of moderation and cooperation on the part of the platform,” Jean-Michel Bernigaud, secretary general of France’s Ofmin...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest part of major investigation into app, French officials say

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‘Hamster Kombat’, Other TON Games Protest Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

The developers of prominent Telegram-based crypto games like Hamster Kombat and Notcoin have put out messages and in-game content protesting the late Saturday arrest of Telegram...

‘Hamster Kombat’, Other TON Games Protest Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

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