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Poland charges former registry office employee with providing false identities for Russian spies
- Polish authorities detained Tomasz L., a former Warsaw city council registry employee, on espionage and abuse of power charges in March 2022.
- Authorities claim that between 2017 and 2022, while employed at the municipal archives, Tomasz L. supplied Russian intelligence with duplicated personal data belonging to both Polish nationals and foreigners.
- According to prosecutors, the records enabled foreign services to create fake identity documents for their agents operating abroad.
- According to Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, information from his arrest assisted authorities in removing 45 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage that same month.
- Since Russia launched its large-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022, Polish officials have charged numerous people with spying or carrying out acts of sabotage for Moscow.
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Poland charges former registry office employee with providing false identities for Russian spies
Polish authorities have charged a former Warsaw city council employee with espionage for allegedly providing Russia with fake identities for its spies.
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In the District Court of Warsaw, a case of espionage in favour of Russia was brought to court against a 58-year-old head of the Archives Department...
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