Former MEP Karol Karski was charged with corruption in an investigation into irregularities at the Collegium Humanum, announced prosecutor Katarzyna Calów-Jaszewska from the National Prosecutor's Office.
The former MEP was charged with “corruption charges related to invoking influence in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to obtain positive opinions on the running of branches of the former Collegium Humanum university in Prague, Bratislava and Andijan, and in the case of the branch in Slovakia, positive consideration of the case regarding the issuance of an opinion on the course education”.
Calów-Jaszewska said in a statement that Karol Karski “committed this act in exchange for a financial benefit in the form of Paweł Cz. paying for a survey report in the amount of PLN 14.7 thousand and election billboards for the European Parliament in the amount of over PLN 22,000.”
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Collegium Humanum scandal
In March 2023, with the arrest of CBA two people due to the suspicion of receiving material and personal benefits, the Collegium Humanum scandal broke out regarding trade in diplomas by this private university.
The university was established in 2018 in Warsaw. According to media reports, it offered rapid courses that allowed you to obtain an MBA diploma. Such diplomas allow you to apply for positions on supervisory boards of State Treasury companies.
The credibility of documents issued by Collegium Humanum was supposed to be ensured by foreign universities, but it turned out that they were not authorized to conduct MBA studies. Collegium Humanum graduates included politicians, presidents and board members of State Treasury companies, secret service officers and military commanders.
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