Yekaterinburgenka accused of selling military photos from a photo salon

Chkalovskiy district court of Yekaterinburg will consider a criminal case against a local businesswoman. The woman is accused of illegal use and transfer of personal data of military personnel – she is charged with paragraph “a” of paragraph 3 of Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the press service of the courts of the Sverdlovsk region reports.

As established by the investigation, the accused managed the photo salon and by the type of activity had access to personal data of clients: their surnames, names, patronymics and photos. The information was stored in the “Customers” folder on the work computer and was organized by surnames and initials. Among the visitors of the salon, soldiers often met: they ordered pictures in uniform.

In May 2026, an unknown man addressed the hostess of the salon. He asked to copy photos of 12 soldiers, giving their names. The investigation believes that the woman, guided by selfish motives, fulfilled the request: recorded the pictures on the carrier of the customer and received for this 1,200 rubles. She also gave the man his email address in order to continue cooperation.

The date and time of the hearing will be announced.

Earlier, MK-Ural wrote that in Yekaterinburg, FSB officers detained a girl who for several months photographed the graves of Russian soldiers in cemeteries in different regions of the country.