Prosecutors said on Friday, 23 October, that assets worth about 125 million zloty have been secured so far, against customer losses estimated at no less than 350 million zloty in April.
Spokesperson Anna Adamiak said part of the secured property is linked to other threads of the case, so not all of it may be used for defrauded clients' claims, which the bankruptcy trustee pursues separately.
Roman Giertych, Kral's lawyer since May, wrote on X that assets Kral made available should be enough to pay all victims who reported to prosecutors, while the 125 million zloty secured so far sits well below the at least 350 million zloty estimate.
TVP Info reported that a court in Chorzów discontinued Kral's private prosecution of Nicole Suszek on 14 October after Kral failed to attend a conciliation hearing.
Prosecutors said on Friday, 23 October, that assets worth about 125 million zloty have been secured so far in the case. The figure was discussed at a meeting held on Wednesday, 21 October, attended by Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek, Margus Lentsius, the trustee of the bankruptcy estate of BB Trade Estonia, and representatives of the creditors' committee. The talks focused on how to identify and secure property that could help satisfy the claims of defrauded customers. Losses suffered by clients of the exchange were put at no less than 350 million zloty in April.
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Prosecutors stressed that part of the secured property is tied to other threads of the case and does not come from gains made at the expense of clients. Spokesperson Anna Adamiak drew the consequence in plain terms.
“This means that not all secured assets may be used to satisfy the claims of defrauded customers of the exchange.”
Adamiak also explained that criminal and bankruptcy proceedings are separate, with prosecutors establishing whether crimes were committed and gathering evidence, while the trustee secures the estate and pursues civil claims. Roman Giertych, a Civic Coalition MP and Kral's lawyer since May, wrote on X that the assets Kral made available, together with those already secured, should be enough to pay all victims who had reported to prosecutors. The 125 million zloty secured so far is well short of the at least 350 million zloty estimate.
The Zondacrypto investigation was opened by the Katowice regional prosecutor's office on 17 April on suspicion of large-scale fraud and money laundering, and it has received several thousand notifications of crime. In late July the Silesian unit of the National Prosecutor's Office took over all threads, and in early August the case was merged with the investigation into the disappearance of Sylwester Suszek, former head of BitBay, who has been missing since March 2022. Arrests in the case include Radosław Piesiewicz, the former head of the Polish Olympic Committee.
TVP Info reported that Zondacrypto head Przemysław Kral had dropped a private prosecution against Nicole Suszek, sister of Sylwester Suszek. A court in Chorzów discontinued the case on 14 October at a conciliation hearing that Kral did not attend. Kral had filed the private indictment earlier this year, accusing her of insulting him online between October 2024 and February 2025. Her lawyer, Łukasz Chojniak, said the outcome amounted to a withdrawal of the charge.
“The discontinuation of proceedings in connection with the absence of the subsidiary prosecutor effectively means the withdrawal of the charge against my client.”
Katowice police seized 11 luxury cars worth about 4 million zloty on the orders of a prosecutor from the special team handling the case. The cars belonged to one of the suspects, a woman who had been arrested for three months. Oko.press published a report on 23 October naming individuals and companies in a network of firms linked to Zondacrypto. The outlet recalls that on 5 December 2025 Donald Tusk spoke at a closed Sejm sitting about Zondacrypto and Russian leads that, it says, have still not been explained. It adds that the ABW has been looking into the group for several months, partly at the request of UOKiK, and that Zondacrypto had close ties with Telewizja Republika, where it was reportedly set to take over part of the shares. One key company in the network resumed activity after two years of suspension.
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Prosecutors said on Friday, 23 October, that assets worth about 125 million zloty have been secured so far, while customer losses were estimated at no less than 350 million zloty back in April.
AI text based on reports by NIEZALEZNA.PL, rmf24.pl, TVP Info and other publishers. Published .