3 persons detained in connection with extortions by a company from the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park
The officers of the Regional Office of the CBA in Gdańsk in cooperation with the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Gdańsk conduct an investigation regarding the functioning in the years 2008-2016 of a group committing fraud to the detriment of the State Treasury and the European Union by submitting applications for co-financing for fictitious projects. The findings of the CBA indicate that the group was extorting or attempted to extort even several dozen million zlotys.
In connection with this case the agents of the CBA detained three more persons. This time, the Bureau's agents gathered evidence proving a series of apparent contracts concluded between Tri-City companies and people associated with these companies. These contracts concerned the sale of goods in the form of hardware and IT services. The aim was to inflate the prices of equipment by the company operating in the area of the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park which is part of Pomorska Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna Sp. z o.o. (Pomeranian Special Economic Zone JSC), as well as to obtain greater co-financing from EU funds by this company. Everything seems to indicate that the detainees also participated in the money laundering coming from extortion of the amount of 610 thousand zlotys.
The detainees will be transferred to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Gdańsk.
Until now, 12 persons were charged.