{"id":636923,"date":"2026-11-15T09:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T07:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/11\/636923\/one-year-of-probation-for-obscene-video-calls-to-a-bank-sumy-resident-sentenced\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:00:18","slug":"one-year-of-probation-for-obscene-video-calls-to-a-bank-sumy-resident-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/11\/636923\/one-year-of-probation-for-obscene-video-calls-to-a-bank-sumy-resident-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"One year of probation for obscene video calls to a bank: Sumy resident sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zarichnyi District Court of Sumy<\/strong> found a Sumy<\/strong> resident guilty of distributing pornographic material after he engaged in indecent acts during video calls with bank support staff. After approving a plea agreement, the court sentenced the man to one year<\/strong> of probation supervision. He must also reimburse more than UAH 12,700<\/strong> in procedural costs for expert examinations.<\/p>\n

According to the case file, on the morning of March 8, 2026<\/strong>, the man used the video chat in a mobile app of one<\/strong> bank to contact its customer support service twice<\/strong>. During the calls, he performed indecent acts in front of the bank\u2019s employees.<\/p>\n

An art examination found pornographic content in the video materials. A forensic psychiatric examination established that the man was intoxicated at the time of the offense.<\/p>\n

He was charged under Part 1 of Article 301 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong>, which provides for liability for distributing pornographic material. In October 2026<\/strong>, the accused entered into a plea agreement with the prosecution and fully admitted his guilt.<\/p>\n

In reaching its decision, the court took the following mitigating circumstances into account:<\/p>\n