Two brothers and ex-chairmen of WSK charged with financial irregularities

The prosecutor's office in Rzeszow, Southeast Poland, has accused two brothers, Andrzej and Jozef G., plenipotentiaries of a Caribbean-based company, Grand Limited, with misappropriating shares to the value of zl. 59 million in Cargo, a company which owns Mielec regional airport. Together with the brothers, the former chairmen of WSK PZL Mielec, Wieslaw P. and Boguslaw B., will also be charged in the regional court, where the accusation will be formally submitted today. WSK held an almost 100% stake in Cargo, which owns the Mielec Airport and the surrounding 350 hectares of land. According to the prosecutor, the managers took over the stake in Cargo by using faked and pre-dated documents. In 1996, Grand Limited signed an agreement with WSK concerning legal and consulting services for the Mielec-based company, thanks to which the company had access to full information about WSK. In 1998 ten people were arrested from Grand Limited as well as from Mielec Airport's management board. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.