CEO Pavel Durov knew he was wanted by French authorities but decided to have a layover in the country anyway.
Pavel Durov, the chief executive officer of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French authorities on Saturday, according to TF1 INFO.
Officers from several French agencies, including Air Transport Gendarmerie (GTA), the Cyberspace Gendarmerie Command (COMCyberGEND), the National Anti-Fraud Office (ONAF) and the Border Police (PAF) participated in the arrest.
Duruv was nabbed after he arrived from Azerbaijan in his private jet at Le Bourget airport, which is near Paris.
Originally hailing from Russia, 39-year-old Durov created Telegram with his brother Nikolai in 2013.
