Zbigniew Stonoga

On May 9, 2017, Stonoga was imprisoned at the Warszawa-Bialoleka correctional center for one year on charges of committing a large-scale financial fraud; the sentence was later shortened by 3 weeks.

In 2015 he ran in Polish parliamentary elections in which his party, Stonoga Party Poland, scored 0.4% (40 000 voters). After the results were announced, furious Stonoga uploaded a video to the internet in which he expressed his frustration with those who did not vote for him or for the Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic - Liberty and Hope.

By 2015, he was named in 61 criminal cases related mostly to financial fraud and insulting public servants; he was sentenced to a year in prison for fraud on a private car sale.

In 2004 he was sentenced to 3.5 years' imprisonment for financial irregularities. In 2005 his sentence was quashed.

In the 2000s Stonoga was named in a total of 89 criminal lawsuits.

Zbigniew Stonoga (pronounced [ˈzbiɡɲɛf stɔˈnɔɡa] ; born 17 October 1974 in Ozimek) is a Polish entrepreneur, businessman, activist and philanthropist who gained notoriety as a whistleblower for the publication of the investigation files concerning the Polish bugging scandal (2014–2015), known as Waitergate, and for anti-government activity. Founder of the short-lived Stonoga Party Poland (also known in English as The Centipede Party, since Stonoga translates as "centipede"). Founder of Gazeta Stonoga. Convicted for financial fraud.