An indictment against 12 people, including a former deputy
The court received an indictment against Jan B. and 11 other persons. It concerns the multithreaded proceedings related to the so-called Podkarpacie scandal. The investigation has been conducted by the officers of the CBA Regional Office in Rzeszów.
The multifaceted investigation into the fraud in Podkarpacie has been carried out for several years by the officers of the CBA Regional Office in Rzeszów and the Silesian Local Division of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption at the National Prosecutor's Office.
In this investigation, the District Court in Rzeszów received the 11th bill of indictment, which concerned 12 persons. In the course of the proceedings, charges were brought against 52 persons in total, out of which 32 have already been indicted.
Former deputy Jan B. is accused of corruption offences, but also of inducing public officials to exceed their powers and disclose information obtained in connection with the performance of their public duties. The charges include accepting financial advantages in the form of cash of PLN 813 thousand, a gold bar worth over PLN 128 thousand and an interest-free loan of PLN 150 thousand. The acts alleged against the former MP include offences which he committed in connection with his public functions as a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, a member of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland and the Secretary of State in the Ministry of the State Treasury.
The indictment also includes Marian D., a businessman who was charged with transferring financial gains to Jan B.
The defendants also include former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Police for Criminal Matters Mirosław S., former Tax Commissioner in the Analysis and Planning Section of the Tax Control Office in Rzeszów Jan M., and former Head of the Przeworsk District Zbigniew K., who was charged, among others, with abuse of powers and disclosing to Jan B. information obtained in connection with the performance of his official duties.
The indictment also charged Robert B., Józef F. and Józef W., who all held important positions in the authorities of the entity managing public funds, with accepting multiple financial advantages in exchange for maintaining preferential commercial relations with the selected companies.
The defendants also include Roman B., Maciej K., Urszula R. and Bogusław P., whose activities are connected with the criminal offences alleged against Jan B. and Marian D.
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