1. Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Olsztyn further on efforts for safeguarding EU's financial interests against fraudulent irregularities committed in the agriculture field

2. Warmia-Masuria Province is a voivodeship in north-eastern Poland
Warmia-Masuria Province is a voivodeship in north-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of km2 and a population of
The province borders the Kaliningrad Oblast (an enclave of Russia) to the north.

3. OLSZTYN is the capital of the. Voivodeship and the largest
OLSZTYN is the capital of the Voivodeship and the largest city of WARMIA. Olsztyn has a population of
The city is situated in
a lake region of forests and
plains.
There are 15 lakes inside
the administrative bounds of the city

4. Structure of region of Warmia and Mazury Police Headquarters
Commandant of Warmia and Mazury Police Force in Olsztyn
First Deputy Commandant of Warmia and Mazury Police Force in Olsztyn - responsible for supervising crime prevention force
Deputy Commandant of Warmia and Mazury Police Force in Olsztyn - responsible for supervising the work of criminal department
Deputy Commandant of Warmia and Mazury Police Force in Olsztyn - responsible for logistics

5. Department of Economic Crimes
Departments subordinate to the Deputy Commandant of Warmia and Mazury Police Force in Olsztyn:
Department of Economic Crimes
Department of Crime Investigation
Department of Corruption
Department of Cybercrime
Department of Crime Intelligence
Forensics Laboratory
Operational Unit

6. The Department of Economic Crimes covers:
The fight against crime in the field of:
tax, customs and currency;
trading of illegally obtained fuel, metal and other products
falsification and fraud connected with business
intellectual and industrial property
cybercrimes (internet frauds)
environment
building law
insurance
acting to the detriment of European Union
money laundering
searching for property which comes from committed crimes

7. Additionally, our department realises other law enforcement tasks such as:
supervising subordinate units (19 units) in the field of fight against economic crimes
developing and implementing procedures, instructions and information issued by the chief commandment of Polish Police
conducting training for subordinate units which fight against economic crimes

8. The number of committed economic crimes in the region of Warmia and Mazury in 2017 is
The number of started investigation concerning economic crimes
4205
The number of economic crimes revealed
3479
The number of economic crimes revealed
82 %
The worth of property secured during preparatory proceedings by the Department of Economic Crimes of Warmia and Mazury Police Force
PLN =
EUR
The Suspects
1536

9. Warmian and Masurian Working Group for combating irregularities and crimes against financial interests of the European Union.
This group has been established for more effective fight against acting to the detriment of European Union
The group consist of representatives of all institutions from Warmia and Masuria region dealing with cases to the detriment of financial interests of EU e.g.:
the Warmian – Masurian Voivod Office
the Warmian – Masurian Regional Office of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture in Olsztyn
National Tax Administration
the Public Prosecutor's Office

10. The main purpose of the group is to exchange information and experiences about irregularities and crimes committed against financial interests European Union.
The Group works through:
Planned meetings – several times a year.
Conducting preventive actions - sealing the distribution system of EU funds.
Conducting interventions activities - solving problems and developing mechanisms for dealing with detected irregularities.
Organize joint training for "Group" participants.
One of the preventive result of work of the Working Group was preparing “Preventive leaflet for beneficiaries”.

11. Funds from the European Union are developing Poland in many different areas: infrastructure, entrepreneurship, labor market and education. These are our common funds for the development of the country. With the great possibilities big responsibility is connected.
To realized the project and be successful, keep in mind a few rules:
Exactly plan the implementation of the project,
Determine the feasible financial activities, the scope of the project and the date of project implementation,
Observe the terms of the co-financing agreement,
Do everything according to the application form,
Prepare and conduct the procurement procedure in a way that ensures, in particular, that the principles of fair competition and equal treatment of contractors are respected,
Negotiate with the support institution all changes in the implementation of the project,
Remember about the transparency of spending,
Keep a separate account for your accounting and reliably document expenditures,
Verify achievement of the indicators set in the project,
Conduct information and promotion activities,
Always read what you sign and ask if you do not understand,
After completion of the project, remember the mandatory preservation of its durability,
Your project will be controlled.

12. Remember! You are signing or have already concluded a project
financing agreement and you are fully responsible for its implementation.
Financial and penal consequences of appearance of irregularities in project implementation always bear the Beneficiary.
So when implementing projects :
1. Thoroughly review the rules of their implementation. If you have questions, please contact to the project manager or the institution granting the subsidy!
2. Do not sign blank forms, which someone later will completed for you!
3. Sign only those documents that are understandable and represent the truth!
4. Do not sign documents without a date or retroactively date!
5. Do not process documents manually or in a computer program, to represent the untrue!
These universal rules will help you in safe use of EU funds.
Follow them and you will increase your chances and they will be well invested in the development of Poland, and you will get the best support

13. Acting to the detriment of European Union is mostly connected with:
illegally obtained EU funds, falsified data;
not paying own contribution
overrating the project's cost
submitting falsified documents
presenting false statements in the documentation

14. Our experience Revealed cases
The Case PERKOZ-BIS - contract signing in Decembre 2011 between The Warmian – Masurian Marshal’s Office and the PERKOZ-BIS Company.
The project was aimed at computerize the company system and opening the online shop.
The cost of this project was ,05 PLN = EUR Funding came from European Regional Development Fund was ,50 PLN = EUR.

15. One of the purpose of the project was that he should sale a parts of agricultural machinery there.
The chairman of the PERKOZ-BIS company said, he was going to be a parts dealer.
He had to do it from March 2012 until March 2013.

16. In 2015 officials controlling the project confirmed that the equipment had been bought and the online shop had been working.
They were checking the store’s sale in the Internet when they suddenly noticed that the customers had been placing reviews before the store could run.
This led to the suspicion that the store existed earlier. The company has broken the terms of its contract.

17. This case came to our Department a year ago
This case came to our Department a year ago. There was enough evidence to start an investigation.

18. Moreover the police investigator found out that the similar project had been done two years earlier. The beneficiary was a father-in-law of suspect.
The father-in-law’s company is located in another town in Poland. The father-in-law got an EU's funds too, but it was in another province of Poland.

19. I managed to identife customers who had bought items there before the store oficially opened.
They confirmed that they had been shopping via Internet on the website The orders were sent by the suspect's father-in-law
We have the same store and two subsidies.

20. The Case “Eel” contract signing in January 2011
between the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization
of Agriculture
and the university for co-financing of the eel research project under the Operational Programme "Sustainable Development of the Fisheries Sector and Coastal Fishing Areas "

21. The Agency agreed to pay the beneficiary 33. 755. 772 PLN = 8. 133
The Agency agreed to pay the beneficiary PLN = EUR including
co-financing from the European Union under the European Fisheries Fund, amounting to PLN = EUR

22. There was the panned audit by the Treasury Audit Office about the project implemented by the university.
During the audit, research staff from other departments reported that there was possibility of irregularities in documenting the implementation of the research topics that the subject of the work contracts concluded. The audit was extending to a detailed examination of the documentation concerning the expenditure incurred by the Beneficiary in the first stage of the project of remuneration for works contracts concluded for the total amount of PLN = EUR

23. Control results
The analysis of the collected evidence questioned the contract for a work whose realization was not confirmed by the source documentation. The Prosecutor's office was informed about the possibility of illegally obtained grants during the implementation of a research project by the university.

24. On the investigation was found that the project manager, in the framework of the first stage of the project, concluded with several other academic staff members of the university several works contracts.
The amount was PLN = EUR

25. The project manager had made several agreements with his sister and sister-in-law, who did not have knowledge of ichthyology for a total amount of about PLN = EUR

26. Analysis of the flow of funds between bank accounts of persons involved in a research project indicated that they had given some part of the money back to individuals.
As a consequence of the irregularities identified, the university authorities removed from the project the project manager.
The Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture reduced the subsidy amount by half to PLN = EUR

27. The case is in the court
The main suspect is accused of illegally obtained EU funds. He caused serious decrease of the income of the university

28. Thank you for your attention