30s Male Given Probation for Selling Obscene Materials Involving Simulated Sexual Acts

A man in his 30s who produced obscene videos, posted them on paid overseas websites, and received subscription fees was sentenced to probation.

According to the legal community on the 12th, Judge Ji Chung-hyun of the Criminal Division 6 at the Seoul Western District Court sentenced a man in his 30s, identified as A, to six months in prison with one year of probation on charges including violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection and the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse.

A was indicted on charges of producing obscene videos depicting simulated sexual acts and posting them 97 times from June 2021 to May 2023, collecting subscription fees. It was investigated that the subscription fees A received amounted to approximately 213.84 million KRW.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, "The defendant’s acts of supplying, distributing, and selling obscene videos and images without classification ratings through the internet, which has high accessibility and propagation, are serious offenses. However, considering comprehensively that the defendant is a first-time offender with no prior criminal record, has admitted to the crime, and has pledged not to reoffend," the sentence was determined.