Telegram's Founder Is Not on FBI Wanted List

Following his arrest and release by the French police, which caused controversy online, a claim has spread on X that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been placed on the FBI's most wanted list.

Users shared an alleged screenshot from the FBI site containing Durov’s personal information with a cautionary note that he is wanted for being complicit in the administration of a social media platform to enable laundering, and for altering documents and records intended to obstruct federal criminal investigations.