ABW smashed money laundering
22.06.2021
Internal Security Agency (ABW) officers detained 3 people dealing with legalizing money from criminal activities. As a result of the practice in which the detained persons participated, over PLN 1 billion in total was "laundered". Most of the funds supplied to the companies used in the framework of the group's operations came from the territory of Russia.
On June 15, 2021, ABW officers detained a man who was the organizer of a criminal group and two women - bank employees in Warsaw and Radom, who allowed opening bank accounts on "posts" and performed activities enabling the practice of money laundering.
The detained acted for the benefit of an organized criminal group that bought companies in Poland and registered them on "poles". These companies did not conduct business activities, did not make tax settlements, and their sole purpose was to enable the receipt of funds mainly from the territory of Russia, and then transfer them to subsequent bank accounts, including companies operating in Great Britain, Far East countries and in tax havens.
The ABW officers searched the detainees' places of residence, cars and two branches of one of the banks in Warsaw. Documents, laptops, hard drives, flash drives and mobile phones were secured. Watches worth PLN 180 thousand PLN were also acquired and 22 thousand dollars and 8.7 thousand euro in cash secured.
The detainees were charged with participation in an organized crime group and money laundering. The suspect man was charged with "laundering" over PLN 660 million.
The court imposed a three-month pre-trial detention on the man, and a month on detained women.
Since April 2019, 19 people have been detained in this case. The investigation is carried out by the ABW Office in Radom of the ABW Branch in Lublin under the supervision of the West Pomeranian Branch Department of the National Public Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin.
Spokesperson for the Minister Coordinator of Special Services