Wieczerzak looks set to return to jail and lose his zł.2 million bail

Grzegorz Wieczerzak, the former president of insurer PZU Życie, may lose zł.2 million bail and go back to jail. Rzeczpospolita saw transcripts of his conversations, according to which he was blackmailing witnesses (apparently presidents of national investments funds) in his trial through an intermediary. Among others, Wieczerzak was accused of engaging in transactions which were unfavorable to all parties. His intermediary was apparently businessman Piotr Głowala who was brutally murdered last Thursday. The directors of the 7th and 14th investment funds claim that Głowala and Wieczerzak blackmailed them over the last few weeks. Wieczerzak denies this and claims that it was Janusz Lazarowicz, president of 14th investment fund, who was willing to contact and meet with him. Wieczerzak has a ban on contacting witnesses in his trial. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.