The prosecutor's office's move in the ZEN.com case. Andrzej Duda is associated with the company
“The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw is carrying out verification activities aimed at verifying media information regarding the ZEN.com company, with the aim of determining whether there is a reasonable suspicion of committing a crime that may constitute the basis for initiating preparatory proceedings,” reads the message that appeared on the X platform on Monday.
According to TVN24, the prosecutor's office has already confirmed that, among other things, o an article by Piotr Szostak, in which he revealed that a significant segment of this company are illegal casinos in Poland. Its findings show that since 2020 it has been operating as a payment operator for illegal gambling platforms in our country.
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The prosecutor's office's move in the ZEN.com case. Andrzej Duda sits on the company's supervisory board
Former President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda sits on the supervisory board of Lithuanian ZEN.com. The politician joined the company less than three months after leaving the Presidential Palace after completing two terms.
A week ago, KO MP and leader of the group in Podkarpacie, Paweł Kowal, called on the voivodeship marshal. Podkarpackie Władysław Ortyl to immediately clarify the relationship between the voivodeship and the company, which is the titular patron of the congress center in Jasionka near Rzeszów. According to the MP, ZEN.com may have provided instrumentation to Zondacrypto customers.
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The investigation into the possible fraud of customers of the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency exchange and money laundering has been conducted since April 17 by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Katowice. The basis for its initiation were notifications from the injured parties and media reports on problems related to the payment of funds collected under Zondacrypto.
The proceedings are being conducted for fraud of significant value and money laundering. On the day the proceedings were initiated, the amount of damage was estimated at at least PLN 350 million, but – as investigators point out – it increases with each passing day, as does the number of victims. The prosecutor's office reported that more than 700 victims have reported so far.
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“Gazeta Wyborcza” reported on Monday that, according to the findings of the Polish services, one of the most dangerous Russian criminal groups – the Tambov mafia, linked to the politicians of Vladimir Putin's party – has control over the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency exchange.
