The court agreed to the temporary arrest of Cinkcić.pl CEO Marcin P. This decision opens the way to the alleged search arrest, providing a basis for the police to detain the suspect. However, the man is now out of the country, making his immediate take unlikely. The investigation, conducted by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań, concerns many frauds, resulting in customers of the online currency exchange platform being able to lose over PLN 112 million in total. The charges against Marcin P. were already presented in March 2025.
Arrest for president Cinktycz.pl – what does a court decision mean?
Poznań court, at the request of the Regional Public Prosecutor's Office, issued a decision on the temporary arrest of Cinktycz.pl sp. z o.o. CEO, Marcin P. The arrest licence was granted for 30 days from the date of detention. As the spokesperson for the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań explained, proc. Anna Marszałek, this is simply a alleged search arrest. It provides a formal basis for law enforcement to take action to apprehend a suspect.
Despite the court's approval, the actual placing of Marcin P. in custody in the close future is not real. This is due to the fact that the fishy is outside Poland. Investigators brought charges to him, including fraud, as early as March 2025. The court's ruling on detention is not yet valid, which means that he has a complaint.
Start of investigation and scale of client problem
An investigation into irregularities in the operation of the online currency exchange platform Cinktaj.pl began in October 2024. The case is handled from the beginning by the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań. A direct impulse to initiate the procedure was a notification from the Financial Supervision Commission (KNF), which besides carried out its own activities after receiving many complaints from customers.
To date, the prosecution has received more than 7,000 notifications from people who have utilized the services of the portal and have not recovered their funds. The scale of the problem grew rapidly. In late December 2024, the prosecution took decisive steps, blocking together 328 bank accounts belonging to an online currency exchange service provider. These measures were aimed at securing the measures but at the same time hampered the current functioning of the platform.
The Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (OCT) besides monitored the situation, receiving 13 complaints about delays in the execution of currency exchange and remittance transactions. Customers were informed of an unspecified method failure.
Detention and addition of charges in the Cinktycz.pl case
Other persons associated with the company have already been detained during the investigation. In March 2025 Robert G., a associate of the board of Cinkcier.pl. He was accused of working together in committing fraud by bringing many persons to an adverse regulation by property. At that time, the full amount of the estimated harm was over PLN 49 million. Robert G. did not plead guilty and was temporarily arrested by the court at the request of the investigators.
The subsequent detention took place at the end of May, erstwhile Monica J., acting as the chief accountant and the company's proxy, was arrested. It has besides been accused of cooperating in fraud by bringing customers to an adverse regulation with their property. Monika J. confessed to her alleged act and gave extended explanations to the D.A.
After the arrest of Monica J. and the addition of evidence, investigators updated the charges against suspects. At the same time, the estimated full amount of harm to customers of the portal increased significantly. Currently, the D.A. defines it as exceeding PLN 112 million.
Legal implications and the future of the case
The suspects in this case, including president Marcin P., Robert G. and Monica J., face serious legal consequences. For alleged acts, in peculiar fraud on specified a large scale, Polish law provides for prison sentences up to 25 years.
The investigation is dynamic and the prosecution continues to collect evidence. In the second half of December 2024, the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań decided to extend the blockages of bank accounts for Cinkciń.pl and related companies of Conotoxia and Conotoxia Holding. These actions are intended to safe funds for future claims of injured customers.
Regardless of the prosecution's actions, in October 2024 the Financial Supervision Commission decided to revoke the authorisation to supply payment services to Conotoxia, which operated, among others, by Cinktier.pl agents. KNF's decision was a direct consequence to the problems reported by customers with the provision of exchange services.
What's next on Cinkcier.pl?
The court's decision to let the temporary arrest of president Marcin P. is another crucial step in the ongoing investigation, highlighting its seriousness and scale. However, the fact that the fishy is abroad complicates further proceedings and its possible capture. The case concerns thousands of injured customers who have lost crucial amounts of money. The activities of prosecutors, courts and financial and consumer supervisors show a multi-tasking problem. The future of Cinktycz.pl-related companies and the chances of recovery by the injured customers stay uncertain in the face of ongoing criminal proceedings and regulatory actions.
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President Cinkcier.pl wanted. The court agreed to arrest, against a background of PLN 112 million failure of customers
