Corruption charges for Poland’s volleyball heads

INQUIRER.net

WARSAW, Poland—Prosecutors say they have charged the head and the deputy head of the Polish Volleyball Federation with corruption over the organization of the 2014 world championship which Poland won.

The Warsaw Prosecutor’s office said on its website Saturday that it is seeking a court order for a temporary arrest of both men, pending further investigation.

The state Central Anti-Corruption Office has detained federation head Miroslaw Przedpelski, his deputy Artur Popko and the owner of a security firm on suspicion of corruption.

On Saturday the prosecutors charged Przedpelski and Popko with accepting bribes and the security firm owner with offering them bribes totaling some 980,000 zlotys (euros 245,000, $326,000) in exchange for having hired the firm for the championships.

If convicted, all three could face up to 12 years in prison.