Barbara Markowska, spokeswoman for the District Court in Lublin, informed PAP about the court’s decision. – The court decided not to accept the prosecutor’s request and to order immediate release of Zbigniew S. – she said.
Zbigniew S. detained. The court refused to arrest him
– The court found that as for some of the acts accused of Zbigniew S. there is no high probability of committing them, and in the case of others there is no threat of severe punishment – added Markowska.
– The prosecutor’s office also raised the suspect’s allegation of fraud, pointing to Zbigniew S. having a mobile phone, which he uses for contact with other people and his activities in social media. The mere fact that the suspect is using the telephone does not allow the court to assume that it makes the proceedings more difficult – added Markowska.
Zbigniew S. was arrested on Thursday at the request of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin, in connection with another suspicion of misappropriation of donors’ money to the detriment of his foundation – the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin informed in a Thursday statement.
This time it is about the appropriation of 253 thousand. PLN in the period from October to December 2019. It’s new proceedings against Zbigniew S. He has been charged with acting to the detriment of the foundation of his name, appropriating money from donations, making this practice a permanent source of income, and money laundering. He was to have committed these crimes under conditions of recidivism, and he is facing up to 15 years in prison for them.
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