TPSA boss sentenced to five years for stealing money to build a house

The former head of the TPSA office in Pila in Northwest Poland has been sent enced to five years in prison and prohibited from working for state owned co mpanies after being found guilty of stealing over zl.400,000 from TPSA. Stan islaw Z. apparently spent the money on building a new house for himself and his family. The court also decided that the disgraced official should pay ov er zl.477,000 plus interest in compensation, as well as an additional zl.37, 500 fine. Commenting on the verdict, Pila court official Urszula Mroczkowska said, "Stanislaw Z. has committed a crime, although he was a wealthy man." (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 13) A.K.