An IT specialist from EPAM was detained at the border - he tried to swim across the Dniester River to get to Moldova

A tech specialist was fined 3,400 UAH and ordered to pay a court fee of 600 UAH.

As noted by the publication dev.ua, citing a case reviewed by the Mohyliv-Podilskyi district court, on August 14 at 5:30 PM, a software engineer from the company "IРAM" (likely EPAM) attempted to illegally cross the border of Ukraine by swimming across the Dniester River to reach Moldova (in the direction of Nemia — Volochynets).

The programmer was apprehended by border guards, and the court subsequently found him guilty, imposing a fine of 3,400 UAH (plus approximately 600 UAH in court fees).

The man does not admit guilt but failed to provide the necessary evidence and did not attend the hearing — at the same time, he had the opportunity to appeal the ruling in the Vinnytsia Court of Appeal within 10 days of its issuance.