2025-04-12 13:10
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2025-04-12 13:10
A 10 -year prison sentence was imposed by the Court of Appeal in Wrocław, former President of the Polish Health Center Romuald Ś. accused of fraud and actions to the detriment of the company's bondholders. According to the prosecutor's office, as a result of fraud, 600 people lost a total of nearly PLN 80 million.
The verdict that was passed before the Wrocław court is final. The court, considering the appeal of the accused, reduced his first instance by two years. He also ruled, contrary to what the prosecutor's office, that Ś. He does not work in an organized group and acquitted him from this allegation.
Judge Robert Zdych emphasized that it could not be undeniably stated that S. or the other accused in this case, were active in an organized criminal group. “The court of first instance, ruling that they operated in an organized criminal group, he somehow moved the structure of the company into the framework of an organized criminal group, and here it is necessary to indicate how the functioning within a legal company from functioning in a criminal group differs,” the judge argued.
The court also reduced the judgments to the other accused in this trial – two members of the management board of PCZ Beata G. and Stanisław P. – imposing them for one year and two months in prison suspended for two years. In the first instance they were sentenced to three years of ruthless prison.
In addition, the court overturned the first instance decision ordering the Romualds of Ś., Beata G. and Stanisław P. repairing the damage caused and returned to the victims of lost money – a total of about PLN 60 million, as well as payment to Bank Millennium nearly PLN 19 million. The judge Zdych, explaining such a decision, emphasized that there was already a “partial satisfaction of creditors.”
The Court of Appeal also set aside the judgment from first instance against Jan M. and Zofia Sz. And he referred the case to reconsideration. These are the auditors who heard suspended sentences at first instance. According to the prosecutor's office, they prepared a written opinion about the financial statements for the PCZ Capital Group in Wrocław.
Suspension sentences for Tomasz B. and Mirosław H.
The offense described in the indictment consisted of publications in the years 2012-2015 not confirming the reality of financial statements and in public dissemination of non-investigating reality of financial reports. In fact, there was a gradual deterioration of the company's property situation, and its assets were taken to business entities managed by Romuald Ś. and people cooperating with him and on the private accounts of the main beneficiary – Romuald Ś.
According to the prosecutor's office As a result of criminal activity, over 675 people and entities, bondholders and creditors of the company were injured.
According to the accusation, people from the PCZ management board were supposed to lead to subsequent bond issues for investment, after which, acting to the detriment of creditors, led money to subsidiaries and people associated with them.
As part of the investigation, the prosecutor's office secured property with a total value of PLN 54 millioncovering several dozen luxury cars, cash, jewelry, collector's numismatics and luxury apartments and other real estate.
The Polish Centrum Zdrowia operated POZ clinics, specialist clinics, poviat hospitals in several cities of Lower Silesia, and Romuald Ś. He was its founder.
Polish Health Center companyreferred to in the accusation, she conducted POZ clinics, specialist clinics and poviat hospitals in several cities of Lower Silesia, and Romuald Ś. – in 2013 leaves of the richest Poles “Wprost” with the estate of PLN 330 million – it was Its founder.
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