The Military Police Department has detained a listener of the Military Medical Academy suspected of spying. The case is investigated by the Military Counterintelligence Service," informed Deputy Minister of defence Cezary Tomczyk. According to the media, he is simply a 31-year-old detained in the rank of an older private reserve, having the legitimacy of Polish and Ukrainian citizenship.
– There was a detention of a listener of the Military Medical Academy, which was clearly known as the 1 who recognizes any kind of installations in the Polish Army – said Cezary Tomczyk asked by journalists about the information described by “Rzeczpospolita”. According to the journal, it is about the associate of the course training the reserve at the Military Medical Academy in Łódź named Vasily, who has double – Ukrainian and Polish – citizenship. He found respective telephone calls, papers and stamps, crucial amounts of currency and gold.
Cezary Tomczyk added that MON had known about the case for a fewer days, but did not make it public until all the issues were verified. “It is simply a individual who gained Polish citizenship any time ago, all the services worked well,” stressed the Deputy Chief Minister.
Cezary Tomczyk reported that all cases concerning possible espionage are handled by the Military Counterintelligence Service, which contacts the Ukrainian side if necessary. The Deputy Minister added that the subject of the investigation is to explain whether the detained individual actually engaged in spy activities. He pointed out that 50 diversions had been caught in the last 3 years, and the information they obtained allows them to catch more.
In late March, ABW stopped suspected of spying on a WOT volunteer, who according to the media a fewer days earlier attended a nationalist rally, the pro-Russian movement of the Kamrac people. The man was expelled, the court refused to take custody of him. In February, a long-term MON worker was detained. He was accused of working with a abroad intelligence and activities for Russia.
The Military Medical Academy in Łódź was established in July this year on the basis and in the structures of the erstwhile Military Center for Medical Education.
