On Tuesday, the court in charge of the investigation — the Paris criminal court — shared a list of charges that led to Durov’s arrest on August 24 after he stepped off his private jet at France’s Le Bourget Airport.
The main charges are accusations of running a company that has been complicit in storing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), facilitating drug trafficking and facilitating organized fraud and other illegal transactions. He’s also facing charges concerning registration of Telegram’s cryptographic features, among other criminal complaints.