Warrant issued for former senator and mayor on charges of embezzlement

A former Democratic Union (UD) senator and mayor of Swiebodzice, Jan W., has been accused by the prosecutor's office of misuse of funds and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. When mayor he allegedly consented to the purchase of an excavation machine costing more than zl 200,000 with funds from the Narodowy Fundusz Ochrony Srodowiska (NFOS) and Bank Ochrony Srodowiska (BOS) when, without intermediaries, the machine could have been purchased for ten times less. (Rzeczpospolita, page A4)