The KNF case. Preliminary arrest application of Marek Ch.

Former chairman of the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority, Marek Ch. He heard the accusation of trespassing of a public official – said Wednesday the head of the Silesian Department of the PC, Tomasz Tadla. He also announced the submission of a two month detention test against Marek Ch.

Presented to Marek Ch. The charge is related to the March conversation between the head of the KNF and the owner of Getin Noble Bank, Leszek Czarnecki, who discussed the work of the Polish financial supervisory authority regarding the recovery program of Getin Noble Bank.

"At that time, Marek Ch. Offered Leszek Czarnecki the work of Grzegorz Kowalczyk as a lawyer at Getin Noble Bank SA for 3 years and informed Leszek Czarnecki that this job would be of benefit to the Financial Supervisory Commission at the implementation of Getin Noble Bank SA's recovery program, "she said. PK in the message.

The former head of the KNF was arrested Tuesday morning in Warsaw by the ABC, and then transferred to the Silesian Department of the Katowice National Prosecutor's Office. That day, he was interrogated for more than 9 hours. Before the 23rd, the prosecutor's office informed the journalists that, because of the delay, the activities involving the suspect would continue the next day. Finished Wednesday after 15.

Information about the end of the activities involving the suspect was transmitted to the journalists by the head of the Silesian Department of PK Tomasz Tadla. He added that the investigators would ask the court to arrest Marek Ch. For two months.

"The reasons for this decision are the findings, which indicate that the suspect may be afraid of deception in this case, and that it is a severe punishment that threatens him," said Prime Minister Tadla. He added that the former KNF official did not plead guilty and provided detailed explanations in which he questioned the conclusions of the investigation. "This entails the need to check his lines of defense and we will try to do so under conditions of isolation," Tadla added.

Defenders of Marek Ch. Stated that they saw no reason for arrest for their client. After receiving the request from the prosecutor's office, the Katowice-Wschód District Court has one day to recognize it.

Tuesday at the prosecutor's office in Katowice, the former head of the KNF had heard the accusation of violation of the rights of a public official – the president of the KNF – in order to obtain personal benefits and materials from another person. As Tadla explained, it is up to lift the very clear prohibitions of the Commission resolution that regulates the behavior of the president.

"What has been established up to now leads to the conclusion that his conduct was a violation of the prohibitions set out in this resolution, because that behavior was intended at the same time to obtain personal and material gains from another person. person and acting at the same time to the detriment of the public interest, therefore, this act was qualified under Article 231 § 2 of the Penal Code, "said Tadla. The offense can be punished with a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.

As PK explained, in accordance with the resolution, the Chairman of the Committee was obliged "to refrain from dealing with personal matters that might conflict or indicate a conflict with the performance of his duties member of the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority and refrain from taking any action that could expose the Financial Supervision Commission in case of loss of confidence. "

Asked whether new charges could be laid in this case, prosecutor Tadla responded that he could not talk about the directions of the investigation. He emphasized that in order to be able to make the provisions that formed the basis of the allegation, the prosecutor had to carry out many activities. "We had to appoint experts several times, interview a dozen witnesses, we acquired a very detailed phonoscopic expertise, only the evidence serving as a basis for these results," he calculated.

The prosecutor estimated that, within two months, the investigators would be able to carry out all the activities necessary to verify the suspect's line of defense and the evidence so as to allow further determinations. "It can be said that in order to clear up this case, there are currently several dozen pieces of evidence, but we managed to gather a great deal of evidence in a dozen days from the date of the investigation. Opening of the investigation to finalize this stage of the proceedings "- said Tadla.

The prosecutor was asked if his office was certain that Marek Ch. He did not bring any documents from the PFSA after the case was revealed. The prosecutor made sure that such fears did not exist. These circumstances were also investigated and all necessary evidence gathered. "The activities that were carried out in the early hours, days of the proceedings, allowed to exclude a circumstance such that any evidence would be physically removed during the period to which you refer" – he added.

"Gazeta Wyborcza" wrote on November 13 that in March 2018, the president of KNF, at the time, was offering the owner, among others Getin Noble Bank to Leszek Czarnecki, favor of Getin Noble Bank in exchange for About 40 million zlotys – it was a remuneration for a lawyer appointed by the KNF chief. Czarnecki recorded the conversation, but the recording did not include Ch's statement about that quantity. According to the businessman, Ch. He had to show him the card on which he wrote 1%, which, according to "Wyborcza", would be part of the value of Getin Noble Bank "tied to the bank's result ".

Czarnecki's lawyer, Roman Giertych, admitted that there was no famous 1% card, but there is another way to prove the existence of this card. He stated that his client was ready to undergo a polygraph examination.

From the recording of which Czarnecki made the transcription to the public prosecutor with the notification of the crime, it follows that ch. he was to offer him the following favors: withdrawal of the PFSA from Zdzisław Sokal – representative of the president to the Commission and responsible for the bank guarantee fund – because he was in favor of the acquisition of the banks of Czarnecki (Getin Noble Bank and Idea Bank) by the State; mitigate the financial consequences of the increase in the so-called higher risk (about one billion zlotys for the bank) and the friendly approach of the KNF and NBP regarding the restructuring plans of Czarnecki banks.

Guy. Giertych reported that the first notification in the prosecutor's office of 7 November concerned the bribery proposal made by KNF leader Czarnecki, while the second, from 13 November, spoke of abuse of power and the possibility "of the existence of an organized criminal group aimed at leading to a takeover The bank of Leszek Czarnecki."

Tadla confirmed that it was two minutes. He stressed that the issue of the investigation is very complicated, it also concerns regulations and decisions of the PFSA "with respect to participants in the proceedings". When asked about the number of recorded conversations that Czernecki had with the investigators, the prosecutor replied that the investigators still had expert advice on the March 28th conversation. She confirmed the course of Czarnecki's conversation with Marek Ch. And the authenticity of the device on which it was recorded. He did not want to talk about the evidence on other discussions, as there are still no results from subsequent opinions.