Charges against a former policeman in the investigation into the Zondacrypto exchange

"Fictitious receivables, cleared accounts and 3,900 Bitcoins withdrawn. The Silesian PK Department has completed the interrogation of Artur K. in the investigation regarding Zondacrypto. He was charged with participation in an organized criminal group, money laundering and sabotage of security procedures to the detriment of the exchange's customers. The suspect does not plead guilty, but in the prosecutor's opinion, the collected evidence constitutes the basis for submitting an application for temporary arrest to the court. We will settle it to the bottom - no arrangements, no exceptions and no reduced tariff - commented the Minister of Justice, Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek.

Search of Artur K.'s apartment and the fuel depot

Artur K. was detained as part of an investigation into the "unlawful deprivation of liberty of Sylwester Suszek and misleading many people as to the possibility of purchasing and storing fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies on the Zondacrypto exchange, thus leading to unfavorable disposal of property."

At the request of the prosecutor, a search was also carried out at Artur K.'s place of residence, where documentation regarding the activities of the Zondacrypto exchange was found and secured, as well as the fuel base where Sylwester Suszek was last seen before his disappearance in March 2022.

As RMF FM reporter Krzysztof Zasada found out, Artur K. is one of the former heads of the Department for Combating Cybercrime at the Provincial Police Headquarters in Katowice. He served in the police until 2018.

Zondacrypto investigation

The proceedings regarding the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency exchange were initiated by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Katowice on April 17 this year. for fraud of high value and money laundering. So far, several thousand crime reports have been received.

At the beginning of August this year. these proceedings were combined with the investigation ongoing in the Silesian department of the National Prosecutor's Office related to the disappearance of Sylwester Suszek, whose fate has been unknown since March 2022. As part of the investigation into the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency exchange, the arrests included: the former head of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz.