Notary detained by CBA
Officers of the CBA Regional Office in Katowice have detained a Warsaw notary public. He is suspected of having committed offences relating to the certification of untruths in notarial documentation drawn up in connection with the activities of an organised crime group of the so-called invoice factory. The group operated between 2012 and 2021 and through around 150 business entities issued cost invoices worth around PLN 1 billion to hundreds of recipients. The invoices were then used to depress public and tax liabilities.
The detainee was taken to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw where he faced 14 charges.
At the same time, CBA officers carried out procedural activities in the notary's office to reveal and procedurally secure evidence of the committed offences.
The notary’s detention results from the investigation carried out by the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Katowice, under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw. The investigation concerns the failure to fulfil duties and the abuse of powers for financial gain by notaries in connection with notarial deeds prepared for the establishment, transfer and modification of commercial companies, which were sham or carried out in a grave violation of the law.
The prosecutor applied non-custodial preventive measures against the detainee.
CBA Press Team