The incident occurred on 11 September 2026 in Zgorzelec County. According to the findings of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Zgorzelec, the 42-year-old acted jointly and in agreement with other, as yet unidentified, individuals.
The senior citizen received a phone call from people who claimed to be her grandson and daughter-in-law. The callers told her that her son had caused a fatal road accident. The woman was told that PLN 102,000 was needed to prevent her son from going to prison.
Then, following the instructions she had been given, she prepared the money. A man came to her home, and she handed him PLN 102,000 placed in a pouch.
Police detained the 42-year-old
Officers from the County Police Headquarters in Zgorzelec took up the case. The police established the identity of the man who collected the money and then detained him.
The 42-year-old resident of Lubin was brought to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Zgorzelec, where he was charged.
The offence he is accused of carries a sentence of between 6 months and 8 years in prison.
The suspect did not plead guilty to the alleged offence. He gave an explanation.
He was temporarily remanded in custody
At the request of the District Prosecutor in Zgorzelec, the District Court in Zgorzelec ordered the 42-year-old to be temporarily remanded in custody for three months.
The investigation is ongoing. The prosecutor’s office and the police are conducting activities aimed at identifying and detaining the other people who may have participated in the fraud. Investigators are also checking whether other people may have been defrauded in a similar manner.
The case is developing.