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Risky bonds - more detainees in the GetBack S.A. case

Another stage in the investigation of GetBack S.A. Eight persons detained - this time, it concerns damage worth over PLN 17.5 million.

Under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, the officers of the CBA Regional Office in Warsaw have been investigating irregularities in the GetBack company.

Today, the officers of the CBA Regional Office in Warsaw have detained 8 persons in the Łódzkie and Świętokrzyskie Voivodships who, as bank employees, offered the company's bonds to clients by providing misleading information about the properties and safety of the offered financial product. As a result of purchasing GetBack S.A. bonds offered by the detainees, 133 people suffered damage worth over PLN 17.5 million.

At the same time, the detainees' places of residence have been searched to secure material evidence which is essential for the investigation. The detained persons will hear charges in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.

Upon the completion of the activities in the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, the prosecutor will decide on the application of preventive measures, including custody.

The investigation of the GetBack S.A. case has been carried out in several threads. So far, 78 people have already been charged, including all members of the company's management board.

In October 2020, the first indictment was filed in the case.  The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw charged 16 persons with fraud in the distribution of GetBack S.A. bonds and investment fund certificates, abuse of powers and causing large-scale property damage to Idea Bank, as well as running a brokerage business by the bank without the required permit from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

Public Relations Division of the CBA

 

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