Russian fined for spying on a cohabitant through a tape recorder

In the Moscow region, the judicial authorities convicted 57-year-old Nikolai Tyshchenko, who organized secret audio surveillance of his civil wife and illegally entered her private property.

According to information published by the regional prosecutor’s office in the official channel on the platform “Max”, the man was sentenced to a monetary penalty in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. Also, the court fully approved the claim of the victim, according to which the convicted person is obliged to pay her 205 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage.

The city prosecutor's office of Taldom during the court hearings proved that during 2024-2025, the defendant, being in the cottage of a cohabitant on the territory of the Taldom city district, secretly mounted a hidden recording device, hiding it inside a car DVR. Using this technique, he recorded a woman’s conversations and collected personal data about her private life without her consent.

Later, in the fall of 2025, when the couple completely ended their close relationship, the attacker secretly crossed the fence of the site and entered the apartment building. The offender for some time was secretly in the attic of the building, after which he left someone else’s property through a window opening.

The magistrate qualified Tyshchenko's actions under articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, punishing for encroachment on privacy and deliberate violation of the inviolability of someone else's home. At the moment, the court verdict can still be appealed.

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