Paweł S. (full name withheld under Polish law), the founder of the Red is Bad brand of patriotic-themed clothes, is suspected of defrauding large amounts of public money in collaboration with a former state agency head.

Tomasz Tadla, who leads the prosecutor’s office in Katowice, said on Thursday that Pawel S. faces charges of “participation in an organized criminal group [...] and money laundering.”

He was apprehended in the Dominican Republic on Friday after a European arrest warrant was issued for him by Warsaw in early September, and earlier this month, he became the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.

His deportation to Poland was confirmed on Wednesday evening.

Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office announced the charges, detailing his alleged involvement in financial irregularities related to the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves (RARS), a state-run entity. These irregularities reportedly occurred under Poland's previous right-wing United Right government.

Upon arrival in Poland, Pawel S. was placed in a court-mandated 90-day detention while investigations proceed.