– Officers of the Central Anticorruption Bureau, appearing along with prosecutors from the Podlasie Department of the Division for Organized Crime and Corruption of the Nationwide Prosecutor’s Workplace in Białystok, detained 16 folks. As a consequence of the truth that actions on this case are nonetheless ongoing and can proceed, the Central Anticorruption Bureau doesn’t present details about the small print of the investigation, the detained individuals and, above all, the locations of searches at this stage – the spokesman for the Minister of Coordination of Providers informed Polish Radio Białystok on Thursday (20/05). Particular Jacek Dobrzyński.
The arrest of the mayor of Sokółka was confirmed on Tuesday by her deputy, Adam Juchnik.
I have to affirm that the mayor has certainly been detained. All of us imagine that that is completely groundless and we count on the matter to be resolved shortly. The workplace is functioning unchanged, the mayor is explaining the matter, Adam Juchnik, deputy mayor of Sokółka, informed Polish Radio Białystok.
Prosecutor Beata Galas from the press division of the Nationwide Prosecutor’s Workplace commented on the case.
The topic of the investigation is the granting of economic advantages to individuals performing public features and holding managerial positions in entities conducting enterprise actions and the acceptance of such advantages by these individuals from individuals managing a longtime enterprise entity, which constitutes crimes beneath Artwork. 229 § 1 of the Penal Code, artwork. 228 § 1 of the Penal Code, artwork. 296a § 2 of the Penal Code; Actions associated to presenting prices in opposition to particular person individuals and interrogating them are presently underway. Taking into consideration the great of the investigation and the necessity to guarantee its additional correct conduct, it isn’t doable to supply extra detailed data at this stage – she wrote in an e-mail to the editorial workplace.
The main points of the arrest of the mayor of Sokółka are additionally unknown. This most likely issues the case through which the president of Trakcja – Arkadiusz Arciszewski – was additionally detained. Earlier, this firm reported the detention of its president on the request of the Nationwide Prosecutor’s Workplace. She additionally acknowledged that there was no details about the explanations for the detention.
Trakcja is a joint-stock firm listed on the inventory alternate, through which PKP PLK – the state supervisor of the railway infrastructure – holds nearly 83 % of the shares.
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