Ryszard Czarnecki’s wife, Emilia H., a legal consultant by profession, was supposed to be a law professor at the Collegium Humanum. The public prosecutor’s office and the restructuring manager he appointed at Paweł Cz. University found no trace of her work – not a single lecture that she actually gave to students – according to “Rzeczpospolita”.
Investigators say Ryszard Czarnecki’s wife’s job was fictitious
Despite this, the salary was transferred to her account every month. They were different amounts, for example 3.5 thousand PLN. PLN or 4 thousand zloty. In total, from January 2022 to October 2023, at least 92,221 PLN was collected. According to the investigators’ conclusions, including testimonies of witnesses and the former rector himself, H.’s fictitious job was a way to camouflage a bribe for her husband, who promised the rector of Collegium Humanum assistance in opening a branch of the university in Uzbekistan (was president of the convent of this university). However, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Czarnecki referred to his connections and opportunities, among others, at the Ministry of Education, but no evidence of this was found.
The prosecutor brought charges of corruption against Czarnecki – paid protection (invoking, in the period from April 2019 to October 2023, influence on the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and mediation in obtaining positive decisions, assessments and opinions for the university, including consent to establish a foreign branch in Uzbekistan), acceptance of financial benefits and money laundering (similar to his wife). Neither Emilia H. nor Ryszard Czarnecki pleaded guilty to the charges – they gave explanations that will be analyzed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the CBA.
