Today, the Szczecin district court filed a complaint by lawyers of Komil L. “Buddy” and Alexandra K. “Grajinka” is considered for temporary arrest. The application in this case was submitted by the representatives of the suspects. The man, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation of the police, is accused, among other things, of “leading and participating in an organized criminal group whose purpose was to organize games of chance.” According to the prosecutor, these were actually gambling games.
On Monday (October 28) at 10:45 a.m., the Szczecin District Court will consider the appeal against the preliminary arrest decision for “Buddy” and “Grajinka”. The application in this case was submitted by the lawyers of the suspects.
On October 16, 2024, the Szczecin District Court issued a three-month pretrial detention order for the five so-called suspects at the request of the prosecutor's office. Buddy's case, including YouTuber himself, Camille L. “Buddy” and his partner Alexandra K., alias Grajinka.
According to the prosecutor's office, the YouTuber must answer, among others: for running a criminal group that organizes gambling games.
Kamil L., BuddhaPHOTON/PAP
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Arrest, charge and detention
YouTuber Kamil L. and 9 others were arrested on October 14, 2024 in four provinces. Everyone was guilty, no one confessed his guilt. All of them gave extensive explanations.
Prosecutor Katarzin Kalow-Jaszewska from the press department of the National Prosecutor's Office said that the charges against the suspects are related to the leadership and participation in an organized criminal group whose purpose was to organize games of chance, due to the conditions of their participation. were actually gambling games.
– The purpose of the actions of the suspects was to gain income from the sale of lottery tickets and to evade the rules of the game. Moreover, these allegations are related to the documents related to the reduction of VAT debt in the State Treasury in connection with the issuance of unreliable invoices that did not record the actual economic events. The charge of money laundering is related to creating the appearance of legal business activity and transferring money under the pretext of credit between the accounts of the persons in question in order to hide the original origin of these funds and transfer them outside its borders. country, she explained.
The payments covered the period of operation from October 2021 to October 2024.
In the case of online lotteries, including “Budda” CBŚP were arrested
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During the operation, 51 cars were seized
The district court, at the request of the prosecution, decided that five suspects: Tomas C., Adam U., Bartos G., Alexandra K. Grażyna – YouTuber partners and Kamila L., p. Buddha. Preventive measures of the nature of liberty were applied to the remaining five suspects: Vislava G., Alexandra M., Rafal H., Michal L., Damian S. The largest property guarantee is one million zlotys.
In an interview with TVN24, Michal Tomala, the press spokesman of the Szczecin district court, informed that the decision to arrest was made due to the possible high fine and the need to perform “types of activities”. – These cases should have been provided to prevent illegal actions by the suspects that hinder the process of the trial, – explained the speaker.
During the search operations, the property of the suspects in the total amount of PLN 140 million was seized, including 51 cars of the following brands: Lamborghini, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Nissan, etc. the value of about PLN 38 million and real estate and funds in accounts worth more than PLN 77 million were closed.
The maximum sentence that Kamil L. 10 years in prison for leading an organized criminal group. Money laundering is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 8 years (Article 299, Part 1). The situation is the same in the case of falsification of invoices (Article 271 of the Criminal Code).
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