Editing Orlen (section)

====Orlengate====
{{Main|Orlengate}}
[[Orlengate]] is the biggest corruption scandal in the modern political history of [[Poland]]. The scandal was unearthed with the arrest on 7 February 2002 by the [[Urząd Ochrony Państwa|UOP]] (Office for State Protection) of Andrzej Modrzejewski, then CEO of PKN Orlen. He was accused of insider trading and disclosure of confidential information.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1809348.stm|title=Finance scandal rocks Poland|date=2002-02-08|access-date=2019-08-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> Zbigniew Wrobel directly succeeded as CEO and proposed in December 2002 $160 million for the purchase of 295 German gas stations from the British BP PLC. It was the first step in Wrobel's strategy of expanding west. At this time PKN Orlen was Poland's largest company, with sales of $7.2 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2003-07-06/zbigniew-wrobel|title=Zbigniew Wrobel|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=7 July 2003 |access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>