At the request of the Mazovian Branch of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the National Prosecution Service in Warsaw, agents of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested two people in an influence-peddling investigation. The detainees are Zygmunt K., a former prosecutor in Warsaw, and his daughter Magdalena K.
The prosecutor of the Mazovian branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecution Service in Warsaw has accused the detainees of using influence to obtain favorable decisions in pending civil and criminal cases falling under 230 § 1 of the Code of Criminal law. and causing an adverse disposal of the property of a number of victims, causing damage for a total amount of at least 800,000 PLN, qualified under Art. 286 § 1 of the Criminal Code in connection with a joke. 294 § 1 of the Criminal Code. The crimes charged against the suspects carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
The Mazovian Department of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the National Prosecution Service in Warsaw is conducting a study on the use of influence in courts and prosecutor’s offices across the country in the years 2021-2023 in Warsaw. The findings of the proceedings show that Zygmunt K. believed in the existence of such influence to obtain favorable decisions in ongoing civil and criminal cases. Zygmunt K. has misled a number of people with regard to the fact that he is a lawyer or legal advisor and has used a law firm of Magdalena K. for this purpose. The public prosecutor notes that Zygmunt K. has in this way made an unfavorable decision about the real estate has caused. from a number of people for an amount of not less than 800 thousand PLN.
Due to the need to ensure the smooth conduct of the procedure, the real fear of fraud and the risk of severe penalties for the suspects, the Public Prosecutor of the Mazovian Division of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the National Prosecution Office in Warsaw the court applied a preventive measure in the form of temporary arrest to Zygmunt K. and Magdalena K. for a period of 3 months.
The Public Prosecution Service calls on injured parties who have transferred money to Zygmunt K., posing as a lawyer or legal advisor, or to Magdalena K., to report to the Mazovian branch of the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office. in Warsaw or at the CBA.
Criminal Code/National Public Prosecution Service
Source: wPolityce