Fifty arrest in connection with ex AWS MP in zl. 70 million swindle

Yesterday, Marek Kolasinski, a former member of parliament of Solidarity Election Action (AWS) was deported from Slovakia to Poland. Anti-terrorist troops escorted him to the prosecutor's office in Katowice. He told journalists that he is not guilty of the various charges he is accused of. Kolasinski was presented with 16 charges including that of swindling zl. 70 million out of banks, corrupting customs officers and avoiding paying debts of zl. 31 million. He is also accused of embezzling zl. 250,000 from parliament, as he was paid MP's salary while he was running a business. Already 50 people are being charged in connection with the offenses, including family members, several bank directors and Aleksander Gawronik, a former senator. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) P.W.