Victory in the battle over alleged extortion

In 2018, the case shocked the business world when there was a high-profile rupture of grant agreements with around 50 companies, when PARP and the Ministry of Development accused entrepreneurs of alleged grant extortion and falsification of promises.

Eventually, the Regional Court in Warsaw legally ended the case in favour of the companies.

Bartłomiej Pietruszka, advocate and partner at Brysiewicz, Bokina i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna, as defence counsel for the 11 companies accused in the case, emphasised in an interview with Małgorzata Grzegorczyk for Puls Biznesu that criminal liability cannot be attributed to the beneficiaries.