CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

More arrests related to fictitious donations

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained four individuals in connection with an investigation into fictitious donations for religious purposes. The preparatory proceedings are supervised by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Siedlce.

CBA Detains Four Entrepreneurs

Officers from the Central Anticorruption Bureau have detained four entrepreneurs in the Masovian and Łódź Voivodeships. The multifaceted investigation into the use of fraudulent VAT invoices is being supervised by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw.

Bid Rigging to the Detriment of the Armed Forces

Officers from the Regional Office of the CBA in Kraków have detained four individuals in connection with an investigation into bid rigging. The crimes were committed between 2023 and 2024. The investigation is being supervised by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków.

Further arrests in the PARP and NCBiR case

CBA officers have arrested more individuals in connection with fraud committed against the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development and the National Centre for Research and Development. The investigation is being conducted under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin.

Investigation Supervised by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau are conducting an investigation into abuse of power by an employee of the Nowy Sącz City Hall. Financial gain and irregularities in a public tender are suspected. The investigation is supervised by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Fictitious Donations for a Parish

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau detained twelve individuals, including a parish priest from the Mińsk County. By decision of the court, six of them were remanded in custody. The investigation concerning the extortion of income tax is being conducted by the Regional Office of the CBA in Łódź under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Siedlce.

Demand for benefits from fishermen in exchange for mediation in the case

Central Anti-Corruption Bureau officers detained a representative of the Inter-Enterprise Commission of NSZZ “Solidarity” of Baltic Sea Workers. The investigation concerns allegations of influence among individuals holding the highest state offices and also granting of subsidies to shipowners in connection with the closure of fishing in the Baltic Sea.

CBA and KAS Detained Four Individuals

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau detained four individuals suspected of participating in an organized criminal group. The operation is the result of an investigation into the issuance of fraudulent VAT invoices. The investigation is supervised by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

Corruption operation disrupted

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau detained four men from a development company in Warsaw and Poznań. The investigation into providing financial benefits to public officials is being supervised by the Masovian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw.

Investigation into the Railway Industry

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained two individuals in connection with a demand for a financial benefit of PLN 900,000. The case concerns a contract for the supply of components for the construction of railway railway wagons. The investigation is supervised by the Silesian Division of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice.

Detention of the Director of the Research Institute

Officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau detained the director of a State Research Institute "red-handed" after accepting a financial benefit in exchange for actions that exceeded his authority, including the unauthorized allocation of funds from the National Recovery Plan and invoking influence at medical universities. The investigation is being supervised by the West Pomeranian Regional Department of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Szczecin.

Further CBA arrests

Officers from the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained three individuals in the Silesian region. Among those detained are an architect and two representatives of the real estate development industry from Częstochowa. The investigation into the acceptance of financial benefits is being supervised by the Silesian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice.