- The first interrogation lasted five hours
- After completing the next steps, the prosecutor’s office will decide whether to file a request for temporary arrest
- His defense lawyer blamed the previous government team for the difficult financial situation of Janusz Palikot’s company
- She did not like Mr. Janusz in any way and the large-scale actions of various organizational units, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and others, caused the creditors to start losing trust – said Jacek Dubois
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New information about Janusz Palikot. He heard the charges
Janusz Palikot and his associates: Przemysław B. and Zbigniew B. were detained by CBA agents on Thursday, October 3 in the morning. From his home in Lublin the former MP was led away in handcuffs. Then, after 19, he was taken to Wrocław, where he was interrogated by investigators from the Lower Silesian Branch of the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office, which is handling the case.
The first interrogation lasted five hours. It ended at midnight and the former MP was charged with eight charges — neither the prosecutor’s office nor the CBA provide more details. Investigators planned further activities with the detainee for Friday morning. After completion, the prosecutor’s office will decide whether to submit a request for temporary arrest to the court and against whom.
According to “Gazeta Wyborcza”, Janusz Palikot had known about the proceedings in his case for a year. This is a fraud amounting to over PLN 70 million. As Onet found outapproximately 5 thousand people are expected to be injured. people. The proceedings concern not only business in the alcohol industry.
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Janusz Palikot’s defense attorney spoke. Mec. Jacek Dubois accuses the PiS government
– The companies of Mr. Janusz’s broadly understood group had some problems with paying their liabilities, but it is not the case that an entity that goes bankrupt immediately commits a prohibited act through its representatives – attorney Jacek Dubois said on Polsat News.
His defense lawyer blamed the previous government team for the difficult financial situation of Janusz Palikot’s company, which allegedly took actions against him that would “dissuade investors.”
— These actions were taken under a different government, which did not like Mr. Janusz in any way, and the large-scale actions of various organizational units, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and others, caused creditors to lose confidence and the whole business stopped functioning properly. – said Jacek Dubois. The lawyer added that his client, after being charged, will present “his version of events” and appropriate documentation.
Janusz Palikot detained by the CBA
The spokesman for the Minister Coordinator of Special Services, Jacek Dobrzyński, announced the detention of Janusz Palikot and his associates on Thursday morning. In the message, he pointed to two articles of the Penal Code: 286 and 294. The first of them concerns fraud. The second concerns an increase in the penalty in the event of fraud of significant value.
Then the prosecutor’s office commented on the case. “I confirm that on the order of the prosecutor from the Wrocław department of the PZ PK, Janusz P was detained today. [Palikot] and his two associates. The investigation concerns the unfavorable disposal of the property of several thousand victims for an amount of nearly PLN 70 million. Details after the activities are completed, including after the announcement of the charges,” said Przemysław Nowak, spokesman for the National Prosecutor’s Office.
Janusz Palikot’s business is drowning in debt
Manufaktura Wódki, Piwa i Wina is a company co-owned by Janusz Palikot. She has been struggling with financial problems for many months. Her arrears to creditors and the tax office were to amount to several dozen million zlotys.
In August this year The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) imposed a fine of over one million on Janusz Palikot and Polskie Destylarnie for misleading consumers and violating their interests. Doubts concerned the “Palikot’s Treasury” campaign, under which interested parties could donate funds that were supposed to be a loan to the company for further development. Meanwhile, they were used to repay debts.
In this case, we also notified the prosecutor’s office due to the possibility of committing a crime, said Tomasz Chróstny, president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.