WARSAW, Poland — The two founders of a notorious pyramid scheme in Poland were found guilty of fraud on Monday for cheating thousands of people out of their savings, worth $219 million, in one of the nation’s biggest financial scandals. The court was reading lengthy details of the conviction and said the final verdict will not be announced Monday, as previously scheduled, but at a later date. The scam, called Amber Gold, cheated some 19,000 investors out of over 850 million zlotys between 2009 until 2012, when it was revealed. Critics say Poland’s government at the time, led by Donald Tusk, failed to warn Poles against the scam. Almost 800 witnesses testified in the case, which opened before the court in 2016, and on Monday the court was reading out the names of the victims.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2019 09:37 UTC