Debt collector’s default spooks Polish financial markets

Former CEO of private equity-owned firm arrested; regulator looks to curb bond sales to retail investors.

The default of debt collector GetBack and the arrest of its former chief executive have dealt a body blow to retail participation in Poland’s capital markets, according to bankers in Warsaw.

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Konrad Kakolewski,
GetBack

Konrad Kakolewski was detained by the country’s Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CAB) at Chopin Airport on June 17 on charges including fraud, mismanagement and misinformation. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

The news came less than a year after GetBack completed an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange that raised Zl370 million ($99.6

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