https://image.nostr.build/fb656ddd56286d56247fa7ee52b36147b60b32c8081f0028cdb393044f21c4ff.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e3cb1f568f42d346c2ed81f9b44f8617a34aa799dff9e799b1545e4bfa7e3d25.jpg The Paris Prosecutor's Office has charged Durov with the following crimes: ➡️Participation in an organized gang managing an online platform for illegal transactions. ➡️Refusal to provide information or documents required by authorities for the investigation and prosecution of cases. ➡️Involvement in offenses, including providing software or data intended to undermine automated data processing systems without legal grounds. ➡️Distribution of images of minors of a pornographic nature. ➡️Illegal drug trafficking. ➡️Organized group fraud. ➡️Criminal conspiracy aimed at committing crimes or offenses. ➡️Money laundering by organized gangs. ➡️Providing cryptological services intended to ensure confidentiality functions without proper declaration. ➡️Supply and import of cryptological tools that do not ensure authentication or integrity control without prior notification. Going to change my status to "unindicted co-conspirator" :p
Ross got 2 life sentences for something similar. It’s not a new tactic.