15-year-old Ukrainian suspected of demanding 300,000 zloty from Warsaw firm

A threat to a Wilanów company

In the week of 26 October 2026, an email reached a company in Wilanów, a district of Warsaw, demanding 300,000 zloty. The sender said explosives would be planted in the building if the money was not paid, and he threatened to kill employees because of their nationality. Marta Haberska, a spokesperson for the Mokotów police, said the message led several institutions and services to take a series of actions. Emergency services arrived to check whether staff faced real danger, and the firm was not evacuated.

“There was no need to evacuate the company.”

Police said the sender had no connection to the firm and that money appeared to be his only motive. Investigators then traced the email to the town of Piaseczno, where they found the suspect.

Investigation and court ruling

Officers from the juvenile and pathology unit of Police District II (Mokotów, Ursynów, Wilanów) detained a 15-year-old Ukrainian citizen who lives in Piaseczno. Police announced the detention on Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Their statement described the suspicion in legal terms, as the following line from the statement shows.

“The collected evidence indicates suspicion of a punishable act corresponding to robbery extortion, combined with raising a false alarm, as well as making threats because of national affiliation.”

Because the suspect is a minor, a family court handled the case. The court ordered him placed in a regional educational centre for two months. Karolina Gałecka, spokesperson for the Interior and Administration Ministry (MSWiA), confirmed that decision. The placement is the court's ruling for the period it set, and the articles do not describe any further proceedings.

A similar demand in Poznań

The articles also recall a case from late September. On the night of 29 to 30 September, several institutions received messages announcing explosions. In one, the sender posed as a pupil and threatened to blow himself up in a school classroom, while another announced a blast at Poznań Główny station and its platforms. The sender demanded 300,000 zloty in cash to call off the threats, with the money to be left in a suitcase in a park in Strzeszyn. Bomb technicians and dog handlers were sent to the scene, and the suspect in that case was a 19-year-old Polish man from Nowy Tomyśl county.