Overview
- A Katowice court approved pretrial detention for Roman Ż. on Monday after prosecutors charged him with membership of an organized criminal group and computer fraud linked to the collapsed exchange Zondacrypto.
- Prosecutors say the group from 2020–2026 used unauthorized changes, deletions and additions to exchange records to misappropriate at least 7.8 million złoty from users.
- Investigators have frozen about €4 million in a foreign bank account and identified more than 100 million złoty in assets so far while thousands of customers report collective losses estimated at about 350 million złoty.
- The criminal probe has been formally merged with the 2022 disappearance of founder Sylwester Suszek and has produced multiple pretrial detentions and charges including against a high‑profile sports official.
- Poland is coordinating with Estonian and other European authorities as the investigation, extended into early 2027, determines whether and how customers can be compensated and how crypto oversight should change.