Police bust 30 in Walbrzych for defrauding the Social Insurance Company

Police bust 30 in Walbrzych for defrauding the Social Insurance Company Doctors and the Social Insurance Company (ZUS) officers from Walbrzych have been cooperating to fix for their clients disability pensions, long-term medical excuses or disability certificates to avoid serving in the army for a fee. The police arrested 30 people yesterday. According to police this is the largest corruption case in Poland. A few hundred people decided to take advantage of the services. One of the doctors was so certain of his impunity, that he kept detailed documentation of his clients. After completing the investigation, it will be possible to estimate how much money ZUS lost by paying the fraudulent benefits. (Zycie, page 3)