Timeline of the case.
Key public steps, from the Justice Fund investigation to the United States. Sources are listed below.
2024 — The National Prosecutor's Office opens an investigation into irregularities in the Justice Fund. NIK, Poland's Supreme Audit Office, described over PLN 270 million in irregularities.
7 November 2025 — The Sejm lifts Ziobro's immunity and agrees to detention and arrest in relation to the 26 charges.
January 2026 — His defense reports that Ziobro obtained political asylum in Hungary.
5-6 February 2026 — The court agrees to pre-trial detention. Prosecutors issue a wanted notice and move for a European Arrest Warrant.
May 2026 — Ziobro is seen in the United States, including at Newark airport. Polish media report a journalist-visa thread connected to TV Republika. The Minister of Justice announces a possible extradition request.
Ongoing — The European Arrest Warrant remains a central public issue. The case stays at the top of Polish media coverage.
Who is holding Ziobro accountable.
The state, journalists, online activists and public commentators approach the case from different angles.
National Prosecutor's Office
Public statements describe 26 charges, a wanted notice, a European Arrest Warrant request and the announced extradition track.
Stonoga, Rutkowski and online coverage
Zbigniew Stonoga, detective Krzysztof Rutkowski and Polish internet commentators turned the case into a high-visibility public pressure campaign.
Daily headlines
The case is not a fringe topic. It is a recurring headline across Polish television, newspapers and YouTube commentary.
Dmitrii Vasilev: I was inside the Polish detention system, and I am asking for a public debate.
Others comment from outside. I spent 13 months in Polish detention, was extradited from Warsaw to the United States, and have zero verdicts. I am not joking about this case. I am asking Ziobro to debate the Polish detention system with someone who has lived it from the inside. Read my story →
How he left: Hungary, a plane, and the journalist-visa question.
The public narrative moves through Hungary and political asylum, then the United States. Polish media report that Ziobro received a US journalist visa as a political commentator for TV Republika. Former deputy minister Marcin Romanowski is also described in public reporting as being abroad.
The journalistic question is direct: if a person is wanted and avoids detention, can those who helped that travel be held responsible? This page does not decide that question. It documents why the question exists.
— Zbigniew Ziobro, statement from the United States, according to Polish media.
If so, let us at least stand before the public first. A Zoom debate is enough. See the challenge →
The crypto thread: money, a foundation, and discontinued cases.
This is the part I understand professionally. I ran a cryptocurrency exchange. The points below are public questions and allegations, not verdicts.
PLN 450,000 → a Ziobro-linked foundation
According to public reporting, including TVN24 and statements cited in Polish media, Przemyslaw Kral, president of Zondacrypto, paid PLN 450,000 to the foundation Instytut Polski Suwerennej. Part of the money was reportedly meant for the defense of Dariusz Matecki and Father Michal Olszewski.
A loan from his own foundation
Polish media reported that Ziobro, as head of the same foundation, borrowed PLN 57,000 for legal defense and declared repayment of PLN 85,500.
The public question is about prosecutorial independence.
Reports describe around 30 cases concerning Zondacrypto during Ziobro's tenure. The public question is whether any discontinued proceedings were connected to money flows. That is a question for journalists and prosecutors, not a verdict on this page.
In the media: this is the front page, not a footnote.
Headlines
Minister Ziobro — a proposal.
Others comment from outside. I lived through Polish detention: 13 months, zero verdicts, extradited from Warsaw to the United States. That is why I invite you to a public debate about detention, courts and the right to defense. Zoom or in person. Your choice.
We are both, in the eyes of the law, innocent until a final verdict. We both want to return to Poland. And we both ended up in America without a normal passport path: you through your route, me through extradition. That is enough common ground for one serious conversation.
Sources.
This page is based on public sources. Charges are not verdicts. This is not legal advice.
- National Prosecutor's Office — actions concerning Ziobro and Romanowski
- NIK — Justice Fund audit
- Euronews — immunity lifted, 26 charges
- TVN24 — European Arrest Warrant and pre-trial detention
- World Prison Brief — Poland
Updated: June 2026. Contact: dima@vda.vc.