Detentions on construction of the fire brigade headquarters in Mysłowice
The CBA agents from Katowice detained the former municipal police chief of the State Fire Department in Mysłowice and a member of the tender commission - an expert from outside this service. The men were responsible for the preparation and implementation of tenders for the construction of a new fire department headquarters.
Detentions were carried out in the place of residence of suspects.
Persons detained by the CBA were brought to the headquarters of the Silesian National Prosecutor's Office, where they heard allegations regarding the so-called disrupting the public tender and making false declarations during the tender procedure. The former municipal police chief of the State Fire Department also heard allegations of exceeding the rights / failure to perform duties in connection with performed public function - in order to obtain financial benefits for the company for which the tender was awarded.
The multithread investigation conducted by the Regional Office of the Central Anticorruption Bureau in Katowice and supervised by the Silesian Terrain Division of the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor's Office in Katowice concerns irregularities in construction investments carried out, among others in Silesia, financed from public and European funds.
Earlier the threads of CBA's investigation have been implemented and concerned extortion of funds from the "Jessica" operational program managed by the bank for the implementation of a private investment in Katowice and the construction of a new municipal headquarters of State Fire Department in Silesia.
The CBA agents from Katowice detained in June last year four persons related to the investment contractor, i.e. a construction company and one person, who was responsible on behalf of the bank for proper supervision over the implementation of investments and public funds spending.
According to investigative findings during the reindustrialization of the outbuilding in the center of Katowice, unreliable financial and accounting documentation and photographic documentation were used, which attested the untruth, and which was submitted to the bank. The value of this investment was approximately 5.5 million PLN, and the funds for the implementation of the investment were partly obtained from the operational program "Jessica".
Another topic investigated is irregularities in the construction of a new headquarters for the municipal fire department for 17.5 million PLN, where the main contractor was selected in an open tender procedure. Most of the works related with, among others, the projects of the facility and the preparation of the terms of the contract were performed by companies associated with one person running a number of economic activities. It was also attempted to 'camouflage' the actual suppliers of materials for this investment in order to actually hide their connections.
Five of the detainees stopped at the time by the CBA were charged at the prosecutor's office with - economic fraud, falsifying documents and attesting the untruth.
The case is in progress, further detentions can be ruled out.