Odesa court confiscates SIM bank with 32 cards from Vinnytsia resident

Odesa court confiscates SIM bank with 32 cards from Vinnytsia resident
Odesa court confiscates SIM bank with 32 cards from Vinnytsia resident

Court ruling on customs rule violations

The Khadzhibey District Court of Odesa handed down a verdict against Ruslan Harnyk, a resident of Vinnytsia Oblast. The court found him guilty of violating customs regulations and imposed a fine of 5,100 hryvnia, equivalent to 300 non-taxable minimums of citizens' income. All detected technical devices were ordered to be confiscated for the state budget.

This decision is based on the materials of case No. 521/18039/26 dated 10 November 2026.

Circumstances of the incident at the border

Events unfolded on 26 August at the Mayaky – Udobne – Palanka international checkpoint of the Odesa Customs. Ruslan Harnyk, a web developer by profession, attempted to cross the border from Ukraine to Moldova on foot.

During customs and border control, his hand luggage was examined using a RAPISCAN scanning system. Inspectors found specialised equipment for remote control of mobile numbers in his backpack. Specifically, this included a 32-slot SIM bank and 32 eSIM.me cards. No signs of concealing goods were recorded.

Case context

It is worth noting that the consideration of this specific case is not evidence that Ukrainian fraudulent call centres are massively relocating abroad. The detected equipment was confiscated as a violation of customs legislation.

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