The defendant, Aleksandr Shaporov, was found guilty of possessing and accessing child pornography following an international investigation into the "Welcome to Video" (W2V) website, a child pornography platform on the Dark Web.
The prosecution presented extensive electronic evidence, including Bitcoin transactions from the defendant's Coinbase account to W2V, and downloaded child pornography files found on his computer.
The defence argued that a third party, a roommate named Roman, was responsible and that the police investigation was deficient.
The court rejected the defendant's testimony as incredible and unreliable, finding that the electronic evidence overwhelmingly established his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
