the founder of telegram has been arrested and could more Tech Titans be next so this is paval durov who founded telegram after previously founding V contact which is the most popular social media platform in Russia now pavl fled Russia several years ago and was living in the UAE however his private jet flew to Paris over the weekend and he was arrested when he landed at a Paris airport the jet had flown from Baku in aaban pavl had allegedly been trying to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin now pavell allegedly stands accused of a whole load of charges related to Illegal content on telegram such charges include fraud moneya laundering terrorism and a whole lot else besides and there are rumors that he could be facing up to 20 years in jail if found guilty on all counts