Silesian entrepreneur caught red-handed
Officers of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Katowice detained an entrepreneur running a business in the construction industry in Silesia. The man was arrested moments after handing over a material benefit. By decision of the Katowice-Wschód District Court in Katowice, he was placed in custody.
Cash placed in an envelope
Officers of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Katowice detained an entrepreneur running a business in the construction industry in Silesia. An entrepreneur gave the director of one of the public medical facilities a cash benefit in the amount of 50,000 zlotys and promised to give another bribe.
Favor in exchange for financial benefits
The detained businessman was carrying out large-scale renovation and construction works on the premises of the medical facility. The financial resources provided by the entrepreneur were intended to ensure the favor of the director of the health care facility and the company's treatment on preferential terms by concluding subsequent orders and contracts for construction services.
Allegation of active corruption
The evidence material collected in the preparatory proceedings was transferred to the Silesian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office in Katowice. Evidence material collected in the preparatory proceedings was transferred to the Silesian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office in Katowice. The prosecutor charged the detainee with active corruption, i.e. a crime under Art. 229 § 1 of the Penal Code and submitted a request to the District Court Katowice-Wschód in Katowice to apply an isolation preventive measure to the suspected person. The Katowice-Wschód District Court in Katowice accepted the prosecutor's request and applied a preventive measure in the form of temporary arrest.
The case is developing.