Continuation of detentions in the financial pyramid case
Two persons were detained by CBA officers in connection with the investigation into the operation of a financial pyramid.
Officers from the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Poznań conduct proceedings, under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Łódź, regarding the functioning of an organized criminal group on the whole territory of the country. Investigators found that the OCG created and managed the financial pyramid in the form of four closed-end private equity investment funds. As a result of the group's operation, over 2,000 people lost PLN 600 million. The damage to the property of the funds was estimated at at least PLN 90 million. Everything indicates that the certificates of the funds indicated were offered through financial institutions. Their employees, acting to achieve financial benefits, deliberately misled buyers.
Today, the CBA agents have detained in Warsaw two persons who cooperated with one of the employees of the brokerage house (previously detained in the case) in the scope of siphoning money invested in funds. They will hear allegations of actions detrimental to the funds, fraud to the detriment of their participants, and money laundering.
In total, the CBA has detained 26 people in this case. Charges include: participation in an organized criminal group, fraud, acting to the detriment of funds. Investigators managed to recover property worth PLN 14 million.