A lawyer from Wrocław detained by the CBA
Another person has been detained by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in the investigation into the use of forged documents to extort money from court deposits. This time, the amount is PLN 300 thousand.
The CBA officers of the Regional Office in Warsaw, jointly with the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław, have been investigating the use of forged documents and, based on these documents, the initiation of enforcement procedures to recover liabilities that did not exist in reality. It concerned funds accumulated on deposit accounts of courts, which could not be paid to entitled individuals and entities. According to the investigators' findings, in the course of several years, the suspects extorted approximately two million zlotys and attempted to obtain a further half a million. Some suspects also undertook a series of activities aimed at concealing the criminal origin of the funds thus obtained.
The evidence gathered in the case allowed for another, fourth, operation in this case. On Tuesday, the CBA officers of the Regional Office in Warsaw detained a legal adviser from Wrocław. At the same time, two law firms were searched. In the public prosecutor's office, the detained man heard a charge of extorting over PLN 300 thousand from a court deposit. The prosecutor applied non-custodial preventive measures against him.
So far, a total of nine people have been detained in the case, including six legal advisers.
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