Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, a TV celebrity known from the popular "You can dance" show, has been caught in the act while taking a bribe.  

Last night, Weronika Marczuk-Pazura met with the chairman of the Scientific and Technical Publishing House in a restaurant in the Ujazdow Castle in Warsaw. They both were detained by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau officers right after the chairman handed the ex-wife of a well-known Polish actor Cezary Pazura an envelope with 100,000 zloty (24,000 euro).  

According to the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, in exchange for bribes, was to offer assistance with the purchase of the state-owned Scientific and Technical Publishing House (WNT) to be privatized in a public auction.

Marczuk-Pazura acted as a middleman between the chairman of the publishing house and an investor. The chairman of the publishing house was to under price the value of the company so that a particular investor could buy it cheaply.  

After being detained on corruption charges, Marczuk-Pazura spent the rest of the night in custody and was interrogated.

The Central Anticorruption Bureau learnt about Marczuk-Pazura’s involvement in a corruption scandal from an anonymous informant. Investigators have been working on the case for several months, fixing meetings, negotiating a price for the publishing house and gathering evidence. (jn/mg)