CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU always in the interest of Poland A Pole wanted by Interpol under a red notice has been handed over to the CBA - News

Transfer of funds from bankruptcy estates

Daniel B. had been evading law enforcement authorities for many years. The man, who was wanted on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice, was detained in January 2026 by local law enforcement authorities. At the end of February 2026, he was deported and, escorted by the Polish Border Guard, handed over to CBA officers. The procedure was initiated after CBA officers, together with the liaison officer of the Polish Police in Turkey, established the man’s actual place of residence.

By using international cooperation instruments, CBA officers achieved another significant milestone in the ongoing investigation.

Proceedings conducted by officers of the Regional Office of the CBA in Warsaw concern the activities of an organized criminal group led by three identified individuals, including Daniel B. Between 2011 and 2015, members of the group allegedly committed criminal offenses to the detriment of bankruptcy estates of companies, including those based in Warsaw and Kraków. The group misappropriated funds by concluding fictitious agreements and informal arrangements with external entities, which resulted in transfers of money from the accounts of companies undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. The activities of the organized criminal group also involved selling real estate from bankruptcy estates at undervalued prices.

According to investigative findings, Daniel B. allegedly acted as a coordinator and the person managing the flow of financial resources. He controlled more than a dozen companies that concluded fictitious agreements with bankrupt entities, enabling the withdrawal of undue funds on the basis of unreliable VAT invoices, while simultaneously creating the impression that these entities were actually providing services to the supposed clients. The criminal scheme was facilitated by the fact that the detained man operated a law firm.

Charges and preventive measures

The detained man was brought before the Lower Silesian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław, where he was charged. The prosecutor filed a motion for the application of a preventive measure in the form of pre-trial detention. The court granted the prosecutor’s request.

Further actions

In the case supervised by the Lower Silesian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław, two indictments have already been filed with the court against 26 individuals accused of committing a number of offenses related to actions to the detriment of entities undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.

The suspect Daniel B. was also wanted in connection with two other preparatory proceedings. One of the investigations is conducted by the Regional Office of the CBA in Bydgoszcz under the supervision of the Pomeranian Regional Division of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Gdańsk. The case concerns the issuance of unreliable VAT invoices by persons responsible for handling the economic and financial affairs of certain enterprises.

The second proceeding, conducted by the Regional Office of the CBA in Poznań, is supervised by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Łódź. The investigation concerns the operation, between 2012 and 2017, of an organized criminal group that created and subsequently managed four closed-end non-public investment funds as part of a financial pyramid scheme. The group’s criminal activities involved causing more than two thousand people to dispose of their property to their detriment in a large value, not less than PLN 600 million, causing significant financial damage to the funds’ assets in the amount of at least PLN 90 million, and laundering money originating from the aforementioned offenses.

CBA Press Team