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Posted: 2019-06-04T03:41:20Z | Updated: 2019-06-04T03:41:20Z

A YouTube prankster in Spain has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and given a $22,300 fine after filming himself offering a homeless man an Oreo cookie that was filled with toothpaste rather than creme.

Kanghua Ren, who is known as ReSet online, was sentenced Friday after a Barcelona court found him to have violated the moral integrity of his prank victim two years ago, Spanish news media reported.

The court also ordered Rens YouTube and other social media channels to be shut down for five years.

Ren, 21, is unlikely to actually serve time behind bars because Spanish law usually allows suspension of sentences of less than two years for first-time nonviolent offenders.