In the spotlight: Ryszard Krauze

After information that the Prosecutor's Office asked the Internal Security Agency (ABW) to arrest Krauze, he lost approximately zł.600 million from the fall of his shares on the bourse.

Krauze is accused of illegally acquiring secret information and he is alleged to have been involved in the leak about the planned raid by the Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) on the Ministry of Agriculture. Krauze was supposed to have met former Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek and a Self-defense deputy in Warsaw's Marriott Hotel one day before the failed CBA sting in the Ministry. In contrast to the other suspects, Krauze was not arrested, because he was abroad and will remain so for the next week. Prokom's spokesperson promised that Krauze will appear at every hearing of the prosecution, as he had done before.

Ryszard Krauze is one of the richest Poles. The Forbes Polska monthly estimates his wealth at zł.2.9 billion. He is the founder of IT company Prokom, and the Prokom group (which includes WSE-listed firms such as Asseco Poland and ABG-Spin) is the largest IT group in the CEE region. His Prokom Investments controls construction companies Polnord and Pol-Aqua, as well as biotech firm Bioton. With Petrolinvest he acquired oilfields in Kazakhstan and Russia and is searching for oil there. Prokom Investments, along with a number of development companies, is building the prestigious Miasteczko Wilanów housing estate in Warsaw. Krauze also owns Prokom Trefl Sopot basketball club, which has won four consecutive Polish championships.