GREEDY REAL LIFE
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Both Arkadiusz and I found the number for the financial advisor, requesting the money for ourselves.
‘That money is no longer in this account,’ he revealed.
‘What do you mean? Where has it gone?’ I interrupted – thinking that Ihad misheard.
However, everything quickly slotted into place.
The holidays, the lavish hotel stays, jetting off to new places. Something wasn’t right. The financial advisor confirmed that a £200,000 payout had in fact been made –moved over to Kris’ account.
Shocked, upset and not knowing what to do, Irang Kris straight away.
Surely this is just a simple mistake?
‘Have you taken our money?’ I blurted as Kris answered. Only, there was silence. The call hadn’t been disconnected –Kris was completely dumbfounded. He didn’t say asingle word. I felt outraged.
Surely this was a simple mistake?
That wasn’t his money to touch –Mum had left it for me and my brother on her deathbed for us both to have a better future.
It was for ahouse –not Kris’ luxurious lifestyle.
Yet, that greedy man had stolen it all.
Mum claimed that Kris had aheart of gold –he’d played her all along.
And he’d conned me in the midst of my grief.
Iassumed he was selflessly helping me with all of the paperwork –but I’d signed over the life insurance without even realising.
How can it take just one signature? I thought.
Contacting the police, it took four gruelling years for investigators to build acase in total.
Officers removed Kris from the property and all of his belongings, too.
And over that time, I didn’t hear from him – not even once.
I didn’t know where he was. However, thankfully, everything was taken to Northampton Crown Court in December last year, where Krzysztof Baczyński, now 40, plead not guilty to fraud.
Burning through £200,000 in just nine months, Kris’ inconsiderate spending was shown to all.
He’d invested in his failing cosmetics business, which was part of apyramid scheme, he’d dined in fancy restaurants, bought ahot tub and had even gifted his new girlfriend some of the mo
