Arrests regarding fictitious donations: “Today, at the request of the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock, CBA agents detained him 13 people regarding fictitious donations for religious purposes. Among those detained is a parish priest who issued documents confirming receipt of alleged donations to the Płock parish,” said Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration, on Tuesday, December 4.
Tax fraud: Fictitious donations were dealt with in the years 2018-2024 – explains the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock. The mechanism of fictitious donations for charitable, welfare and religious purposes was used and to deduct them from the tax base in annual income tax returns using false documents. The perpetrators paid less tax or received a refund of the overpayment. The total amount of fraud committed by 13 people was estimated at PLN 4.5 million.
Presidents of management boards, bank directors and doctors: – There will be more arrests in this case, it's about several dozen people – said Bartosz Maliszewski, spokesman for the Płock District Prosecutor's Office. He explained that the suspects made fictitious donations to several parishes where the detained priest served for years. – Mostly they were wealthy or very wealthy peopleincluding those holding prominent positions, such as presidents of management boards, bank directors and doctors – he emphasized.
More We wrote about fraud in the text: “They extort money and then want to 'help'. Scammers have a new way of scamming Poles“.
Sources: Jacek Dobrzyński on X, District Prosecutor's Office in Płock, Local Government Portal