CBŚP officials entered the Cinkciarz.pl headquarters in the morning at the request of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań. – The officers perform tasks at company headquarters from the financial sector on behalf of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań, explained Subcomm. Wrześniowski.
In a statement, the company’s management said that CBŚP officials appeared at the headquarters of companies from the Conotoxia Holding group.
“The actions taken by the CBŚP are normal actions as a result of (and not against) the course of the proceedings of the case. Conotoxia Holding cooperates with the CBŚP at all levels and publishes full transparency,” said the company’s management board.
“Our customers have no reason to worry. All the money that customers entrust to us is completely safe,” the management assures us.
“Suspected Fraud”
As the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań told PAP, the investigation was started at the beginning of October after he contacted the Polish Financial Investigation Authority. The spokesperson of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań, Prosecutor Anna Marszałek, explained that the KNF notification was first sent to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Zielona Góra.
– First, the notification of the Polish Financial Investigation Authority was directed there, regarding the Accounting Act – it was about the online currency exchange system – and this case was taken over by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office there in Poznań. At the same time, Poznań was also notified by the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority regarding suspected fraud in this online money exchange system, she explained.
The prosecutor said that due to the same business entities involved in the calls, “these two cases have been combined and are being held under one reference number in our prosecutor’s office.”
At this time, the prosecutor’s office is not providing further information about the proceedings.
At the beginning of September and October, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority announced that it was carrying out subsequent actions consumer complaints regarding the provision of currency exchange services by the currency exchange office cinkciarz.pl. The Competition and Consumer Protection Office also said it had received 13 complaints from customers about the company. According to media reports, cinkciarz.pl website customers were affected delay in implementing cash exchange and compensation. According to these reports, customers have been informed about the defect, which should be fixed by the end of October.
The subsidiary of the currency exchange office cinkciarz.pl – Conotoxia sp. z o. restricting a person’s position and access to the case files. The Commission claims that the company is not fulfilling its obligations, and this is a threat to the interests of customers.
Laws against banks
In the last few weeks, Cinkciarz.pl announced that they had filed a lawsuit against almost every bank in Poland that refused to hold a bank account for the money exchange office online. The company believes that this is collusion aimed at eliminating the company as a competitor and limiting access to the market and contrary to the principles of fair competition. He is seeking multi-billion in damages in total. The appearance of Conotoxia’s offer significantly reduced the distribution of money in banks, which had to deal with competition.
Recently, the company announced that it was preparing a lawsuit against: Credit Agricole (PLN 1 billion), Citibank (PLN 500 million), and also contacted the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection against SGB Bank. The company also argues that the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority is breaking the law with its actions against the holding companies, and in particular with its decision to withdraw Conotoxia’s license to operate in the field of payment services.
Cinkciarz.pl emphasizes its position on the market as a company registered in Poland that offers online money exchange and SWIFT membership, which confirms its international reach. The company reports a million customers.
2024-10-28 20:31:00
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