The Polish prosecutor's office investigating the case of cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto has officially charged Romana Zh. with participation in an organized criminal group and alleged misappropriation of user funds amounting to 7.8 million zloty ($2.1 million).
Prosecutors also requested the Katowice-East District Court to remand the suspect into pre-trial custody, citing concerns that she might flee or obstruct the investigation, according to an official statement on Monday.
Romana Zh. was detained on September 5 due to concerns she might flee, after which prosecutors interrogated her. The suspect did not admit to the charges and gave testimony, according to data from the Polish National Prosecutor's Office.
Prosecutors allege that Romana Zh. acted in concert with other individuals to misappropriate funds entrusted to the exchange by making unauthorized changes to computer records and interfering with the processing and transmission of the exchange's data.
The charges were brought after three other individuals detained on September 2 were charged as part of the investigation on suspicions including money laundering, misappropriation of company assets, and participation in an organized criminal group. A Polish court ordered all three to be held in pre-trial detention for up to three months.
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, prosecutors estimated the losses related to Zondacrypto to be at least 350 million zloty. In July, the investigation was also merged with an investigation into the 2022 disappearance of Sylwester Suszek, the founder of BitBay, which was later renamed Zondacrypto.
Zondacrypto's Estonian operator, BB Trade Estonia, was declared bankrupt in August; the first creditors' meeting is scheduled for September 17.
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