At least PLN 86 million loss. Twenty three persons detained.
New lead in an investigation conducted by the CBA and the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań. Nearly one hundred Bureau’s officers were involved in detentions.
Today under the decision of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań the officers of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Warsaw have detained twenty three persons in Mazovia and Pomerania regions in the case regarding acting to the detriment of one of commercial banks. Nearly one hundred Bureau’s officers were involved in detentions.
Among the detainees there are former chairmen of the board of the commercial bank, former members of the board, directors and employees as well as representatives and legal agents of the loans beneficiaries.
The criminal proceedings connected with this new lead of the investigation conducted by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań and the CBA have been taken for more than a dozen months. This time, it concerns a suspicion of causing significant material damage to the bank’s property of at least PLN 86 million value in connection with providing a loan for a transaction of purchase of an estate and then selling it among other things.
The evidence gathered within the investigation indicates that the loan was given without establishing a specific loan collateral and then the payment was extended by signing some successive amendments.
After finishing searches of premises the persons detained by the CBA will be taken to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań, where they will be presented with charges.
The multi-issue investigation is ongoing. The first detentions in this case took place in July 2019, and another in June this year. Fourteen persons were detained then, including former chairmen of the board of the bank, former members of the board, directors and employees as well as former and at that time present chairmen of the boards of companies committing credit fraud, and also real estate appraisers. The criminal proceedings were related to suspicion of causing significant material damage to the bank’s property of at least PLN 50 million value with providing an investment loan for purchase of an exhibition centre.