– The merger of Orlen and Lotos, as well as the consent to sale part of the shares in the Lotus refinery of Saudi Aramco. The next procedure is to lower fuel prices, which may have been related to parliamentary elections. The 3rd case is the transfer of over PLN 1.5 billion to OTS without supervision (...). 1 of my main priorities is to settle crimes committed in 2016-2023, i.e. at a time erstwhile prosecutors did not prosecute representatives of the state authority. Public officers must not be impunityless – This is Dariusz Korneluk.
The last of these 3 cases relates to Jack Harlukowicz's disclosure on the Onet portal of Orlen Trader Switzerland (OTS). The company's daughter Orlenu was established in mid-2022 in the Swiss town of Zug, known for its low taxes. It was theoretically designed to trade petroleum products from various suppliers. Her actions were to consequence in a failure of nearly PLN 1.6 billion, which turned out to be after Daniel Obietek was dismissed from the president's seat.
Orlen has already informed shareholders on 10 April that he must reduce his financial results by PLN 1.6 billion. This was due to the operations of OTS, which made advance payments, a full of $400 million, for supplies of oil from Venezuela, but transports never reached Poland. There were to be 2 specified deliveries at the turn of 2023 and 2024. Despite the deficiency of supply of the natural material, the money was not recovered. They passed through the hands of a Chinese broker surviving in Dubai who fled.
After the establishment of OTS, the interior services of Orlen, the Office of Control and Security, assessed this step highly negatively. Office officials pointed out that there was a real threat that this company could turn oil from embargo countries, the most crucial of which is Iran. This concern was due to the fact that Samera A was employed.
Everything indicates that he was the 1 who financially supported Hezbollah❗Daniel Obietek erstwhile he was president of the Orlen company he pretended that it was buying oil from Iran but in reality he utilized the company's money to financially support Hezbollah terrorists. pic.twitter.com/AwoYjgjq0x
— Rafael $LaudanumBit101. May 5, 2024
A man from Lebanon has Polish citizenship, but lives in Bahrain. Earlier, the U.S. services were to study to the ABW that they suspected a businessman of being active with arabian extremism, more specifically with Iran-funded Hezbollah organization. It was besides covered by the VAT fraud investigation. At the time, he was utilized for property guarantee, thanks to which he could leave Poland. This is besides investigated as part of an interior investigation by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Gdańsk.
Negative opinion of the Office of Control and safety on the establishment of the OTS, and in peculiar a passage thereof: – It cannot be excluded that the task (OTS) is intended to draw funds from PKN Orlen, and thus there is simply a advanced hazard of embezzlement – was disregarded, although the letter reached the most crucial people in the country, including the then Prime Minister and Head of peculiar Services.
While abroad, Samer A. – is inactive being pursued by a BOLO – responded to allegations in a conversation with RMF FM radio. writer Mateusz Chłystun said, among others, that he was checked by the company's safety office erstwhile applying for work. He stated that he had previously worked for another large companies and was besides positively verified by interior services. He denied information that he had any connection to the Hezbollah organization. – I've never received any charges against me from the D.A. What the press publishes is politically motivated... I am a Polish citizen, I have a Polish passport. I am treated by the present authorities as a second-class citizen (...). Unfortunately, I've concluded a confidentiality agreement and under Swiss law I can't talk about details, but that's totally not true! – he said about allegations of harming Orlen on a large scale. – We did a 100 percent transparent and legal business, nothing different happened.
In addition, Samer A. besides denied that he was active in importing oil from Iran. Similarly, the problem of the incriminated Orlen failure case at Money.pl commented Daniel Obietek: – Write-offs are made, but they don't prove that money doesn't go to Orlen. There's a copy today, it could be updated in a month. We made write-offs in the company almost all quarter. erstwhile the value of assets fell, erstwhile it grew, it improved macros, erstwhile there were claims, we did compose offs, then you won cases for these claims, then you had to update again. And in Poland there is simply a communicative that the copy is theft (...). As for this company, we have kept all essential formalities. Swiss law in this respect is very restrictive, more than Polish law.
According to Onet.pl, both Daniel Obietek and his co-workers, 3 erstwhile members of the company's board, listed among those active in the OTS case and doubts about the merger of Orlen and Lotos, reside abroad. According to Mr Michał Szczerba, the president of the investigation committee on the visa scandal, Daniel Obietek himself most likely has been visiting Hungary for a long time.
Another co-worker of Obalek, Adam Burak, in charge of communication and marketing, had already gone to Thailand a while ago, and then to Turkey, where he bought the property and supposedly tried or according to any sources had already received the country's citizenship. He himself denied it in conversation with Electoral.biz.
In connection with the merger of Orlen and Lotos, the services have already searched Daniel Obietek's properties and respective erstwhile directors of the company. There's a proceeding planned. No one's been charged yet.
