Polish Olympic Committee Sacks Chief After Crypto-Linked Graft Probe
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"The board made a final decision to entrust me with the functions of President-in-Office of the PKOL," Marian Kmita told journalists. Kmita will lead the committee for the remainder of the president's term of office, until April. Piesiewicz, considered close to Poland's nationalist right, is suspected of having received bribes from Zondacrypto, a now bankrupt cryptocurrency operator that the government accuses of having links with nationalist op…
Polish Olympic Committee sacks chief after crypto-linked graft probe
Piesiewicz was responsible for signing a sponsorship agreement for the Olympic committee with Zondacrypto, a company which collapsed and caused losses up to 94 million dollars, affecting around 30,000 people.
Suspected of cryptocurrency-related corruption, Radoslaw Piesiewicz was ousted by the Polish Olympic Committee.
The Polish Olympic Committee, as stated in its statute, is an association of Polish sports associations and other associations or individuals "connected with the promotion of the Olympic movement and the development of Polish sport." The statute also states that it is a non-governmental organization that safeguards its independence from all pressures, particularly "political, legal, economic, and religious." The Polish Olympic Committee operates…
Radoslaw Piesiewicz is no longer the president of the Polish Olympic Committee. He was removed after being arrested on suspicion of corruption related to a cryptocurrency trader.
On Monday, 14 September, the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOL) dismissed its president, Radoslaw Piesiewicz, following his arrest on suspicions of corruption in a vast cryptocurrency-related corruption case.
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