In Odesa Clinic, Hidden Camera Secretly Recorded Gynecologist's Patients

The crime came to light when one of the women found herself on a themed porn site.

A hidden camera was installed in the office of a gynecologist at the Odesa Regional Oncology Dispensary, and videos from it ended up on one of the pornographic websites. This was reported by the news agency UNIAN.

Recordings of patient examinations made between early 2018 and April 2019 were reportedly uploaded to the internet. 

The illegal filming was discovered by a woman who saw herself on a themed porn site, police said. Police opened criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Article 301 (import, production, sale and distribution of pornographic items) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Suspects face 3 to 7 years in prison if their guilt is proven in court.

During the inspection, law enforcement officers established that a camera had been installed in the room that recorded patients' ultrasound procedures without their knowledge. During the search, security forces seized from the office a surveillance camera, a power supply unit, a PC system unit, a router, and others, and from the Mazda 3 car used by the doctor who conducted the examinations, a flash drive. In addition, police seized a laptop and hard drives from the system administrator, which the court recognized as physical evidence. 

UNIAN's sources in the police believe the filming could have been carried out to monitor employees of the premises' tenant.

“Entrepreneurs often conduct this kind of surveillance in other places too. For example, in restaurants and hairdressers. Of course, people don't undress there, but…”, journalists quote a law enforcement officer.