CBA investigates PKN Orlen, Lotos, KGHM, Azoty and PGZ

The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) instituted control procedures at companies fully owned by the State Treasury and all its subsidiaries: fuel groups PKN Orlen, Lotos, copper group KGHM Polska Miedź, chemicals Azoty Group and Polish Armaments Group - PGZ, the bureau announced on its website. The Anti-Corruption Bureau is verifying the information about the irregularities which the bureau has received in connection with the abovementioned companies. The CBA officers will be examining contracts (from December 1, 2015) concluded and expenditure incurred on services related to public relations, marketing, advertising, consulting, and the like. Apart from the contracts themselves, the implementation and accounting documentation will be analyzed. The CBA wants to learn which contractor, the object of the contract, by what date, by whose order, and for what payment rendered the abovementioned services for the companies, the bureau explained.