When French authorities who had a long pending arrest warrant against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested him on Saturday evening at Le Bourget airport, he was accompanied by a 24-year-old woman identified as Juli Vavilova.
She was also placed under detention by the French Police.
Juli Vavilova identified herself as a crypto coach and a streamer from Dubai.
There are speculations that Juli Vavilova, who could be Pavel’s girlfriend, was actually involved in the arrest of the Telegram CEO and was strategically disclosing Pavel’s location on her social media feed.
Read on to know more about this mystery woman who was accompanying Pavel and if she could have played a role in his arrest.
Did Juli Vavilova Honeytrap Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Numerous conspiracy theorists are claiming that Juli Vavilova, who could be Pavel’s girlfriend was disclosing Pavel’s location on her social media feed and this speculation started after an X post which featured Juli’s photo on a plane with a caption, “The woman who accompanied Pavel Durov on his journey that led to his arrest in Juli Vavilova.”
Conspiracy theorists claim that the posts made it easy for the agencies to track Pavel’s location.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was already in the cross hairs of the agencies and his platform was accused of indulging in illegal activities including money laundering, drug trafficking and sharing of pedophilic content.
Pavel is of Franco-Russian origin and after his arrest, he could be held for up to 96 hours after which he has to be charged.
The Franco-Russian billionaire was travelling in his private jet from Azerbaijan and as he reached Le Bourget, he was arrested.
Juli Vavilova’s role is not clear but some rumours also say that she is a Mossad agent and Pavel was honey-trapped before he was arrested by French Police.
Juli Vavilova has 22.3K followers on Instagram and her bio claims that she knows four languages: English, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
Gaming, crypto, languages and mindset are her spheres of interest.
She has also posted pictures of Pavel from various locations such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.
Pavel Durov is also very active on social media, especially on Instagram where he regularly posts shirtless photos showcasing his muscular physique.
