Zondacrypto Case: The Suspect Was Charged Over Losses of 7.8 Million Zlotys

• Roman Zh., detained on September 5, was charged with two counts in the case involving the Zondacrypto crypto exchange.
• According to prosecutors, user losses on the exchange amount to at least 7.8 million zlotys.
• The suspect pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors asked the court to place him in pretrial detention.

On September 5, 2026, in Poland, one of the фигурантів in the Zondacrypto cryptocurrency exchange case — Roman Zh. — was detained. According to the prosecutor’s office, the suspect was charged with two counts.

The first concerns participation in an organized criminal group created to carry out computer fraud for financial gain and to harm users of the cryptocurrency exchange. The amount of damages, according to investigators, is at least 7.8 million zlotys (about $2.1 million).

The second charge concerns misappropriation of entrusted property — funds invested by exchange users — totaling 7.8 million zlotys.

As the prosecutor’s office claims, the suspect acted jointly and by prior agreement with other identified individuals as part of an organized criminal group. This includes, in particular, unauthorized modification, deletion, and insertion of new computer data records, as well as interference with the exchange’s automated processing, collection, and transmission of data.

The detained Roman Zh. denies guilt, but provided testimony to investigators. The prosecutor’s office considers his involvement fully proven and, to prevent him from obstructing the investigation, is asking the court to remand him in custody. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

In this regard, a motion was filed with the court to apply a preventive measure in the form of pretrial detention.

The prosecutor justified the motion by citing a real risk of a severe sentence, as well as concerns about possible interference with the course of the investigation and flight. According to the prosecutor’s office, the latter two grounds are highly likely to be confirmed by the results of the investigation.

As a reminder, Zondacrypto was caught up in a scandal in April 2026. At the time, the Polish prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the company on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. We broke down the situation in detail in a separate piece:

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Against this backdrop, Poland passed a law regulating the crypto market.

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