The Mayor of Wrocław, Jacek Sutryk, was charged as part of an investigation into suspected crimes and irregularities at the Collegium Humanum, informs Przemysław Nowak, spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office.
The mayor of Wrocław, Jacek Sutryk, was detained by agents CBA on Thursday morning, and after completing the procedural activities, transported to the local department of the National Prosecutor's Office in Katowice.
There, the prosecutor presented charges against him – he said before 20 Przemysław Nowak, spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office. – We are not informing about their content for now. The interrogation activities are still ongoing, he noted. The mayor of Wrocław is still detained.
Collegium Humanum
– CBA agents detained the president of Wrocław. It is about irregularities and suspicion of crimes related to a rather high-profile case that has been going on for several months. It's about the Collegium Humanum. The man was detained this morning in his apartment, later CBA agents performed procedural activities, and then he was transported to the National Prosecutor's Office, to the branch office in Katowice – the spokesman announced in the early afternoon Ministry of Interior and Administration.
According to Dobrzyński, the detention took place in a classic manner, in accordance with the principles of law. Everything happened very calmly, without any excesses or sensations.
– At this point, the prosecutor has already met the detainee, is questioning him, and what charges will be brought and what measures will be used will be decided by the prosecutor in charge of the case – he explains.
So far, 28 people have been detained in the Collegium Humanum case. Nearly 150 criminal charges were brought against them.
He is waiting to be charged
“At the request of the prosecutor of the Silesian prosecutor's office of PZ PK, CBA officers detained the president of Wrocław today. Jacek S. will be charged in the investigation into irregularities at the former Collegium Humanum university. Details after the completion of the activities,” said Przemysław Nowak, spokesman for the National Prosecutor's Office.
“The president has already been questioned on this matter earlier.”
The Wrocław City Hall commented on the detention of Jacek Sutryk.
– The Mayor of Wrocław repeatedly testified in this case, explained, and did not refrain from talking to the services, the police or the prosecutor's office. He also provided explanations on this matter in conversations with journalists and showed documents, hence our surprise with this form of handling the case. We are waiting for the prosecutor's decision, we are waiting for information from the Central Anticorruption Bureau, said Agata Dzikowska from the Wrocław press office during a press conference.
“The office functions normally and fulfills its daily tasks. In the event of each absence of the Mayor of Wrocław, decisions related to the functioning of the city are made by the first deputy, i.e. Vice-President Renata Granowska.” – the press office of the Wrocław City Hall reported on Thursday.
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The Mayor of Wrocław referred to the matter in March this year.
“Like several thousand people all over Poland, I took advantage of the educational offer of Collegium Humanum, which I paid for out of my own pocket, and I ended my two-semester studies with a passed exam. (…) Like several thousand people all over Poland, I feel aggrieved in this case and I expect it to be quickly clarified by the relevant state services,” Sutryk wrote.
Collegium Humanum scandal
In March 2023, when the CBA detained two people on suspicion of accepting 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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