A sudden statement from the court. It’s about Piesiewicz
The court agreed to the prosecutor’s request for the temporary arrest of Radosław Piesiewicz. Its specific basis was a justified fear of obstruction of criminal proceedings.
On Thursday, August 27, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, the police detained Radosław Piesiewicz. This is about the investigation into the unlawful deprivation of liberty of Sylwester Suszek and misleading many people as to the possibility of purchasing and storing cryptocurrencies on the Zondacrypto exchange, thus leading to unfavorable disposal of property. The head of the Polish Olympic Committee was taken to the prosecutor’s office, where he faced two charges.
The first concerned paid protection, i.e. invoking influence in the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in 2025, which was to result from knowing the former prime minister and, in exchange for a bribe in the form of a watch worth PLN 169,476, undertaking to settle a case with the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection by interfering in the proceedings conducted against the ZondaCrypto cryptocurrency exchange and its operator – BB Trade Estonia OU.
Radosław Piesiewicz temporarily arrested. The court issued a statement regarding the president of the Polish Olympic Committee
The second charge is related to acting to the detriment of creditors – Zondacrypto users. The idea is to persuade, in April 2026, in Warsaw and Monaco, an established member of the management board of BB Trade Estonia OU, in a situation that threatens the company with insolvency or bankruptcy, to withdraw funds from the stock exchange in the amount of PLN 194,420.15 and PLN 100,000. euro. During the search of Piesiewicz’s apartment and the Polish Olympic Committee headquarters in the capital, a watch, a cell phone and approximately PLN 34,000 were seized. PLN cash in Polish and foreign currencies.
The head of the Polish Olympic Committee was questioned as a suspect. He pleaded not guilty and provided extensive explanations. After the proceedings, the prosecutor’s office submitted to the court a request for the temporary arrest of Piesiewicz for three months, among others. likelihood of committing the alleged acts. The application was granted due to a justified fear that the head of the Polish Olympic Committee would encourage the submission of false testimony or explanations or otherwise unlawfully obstruct criminal proceedings.
