Lithuanian Citizen Convicted
On January 9 of this year, the District Court in Białystok (District Court in Białystok) sentenced Lithuanian citizen Saulius V. to one year of imprisonment for an offense under Article 13 §2 of the Polish Criminal Code in conjunction with Articles 130 §3 and 138 §2 thereof, namely, an inept attempt to declare readiness to act on behalf of a foreign intelligence service against the Republic of Poland and the United States, a NATO ally. The offense attributed to the defendant carries a statutory penalty of imprisonment ranging from six months to eight years.
Photo: Internal Security Agency
The investigation was launched after Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) obtained evidence that Saulius V., posing as a CIA officer, offered to provide information to Belarus’s State Security Committee between November 27, 2024, and March 14, 2025. In his activities, he employed advanced technical means, including artificial intelligence capabilities.
On March 14, 2025, Saulius V. was detained by ABW officers. At the prosecutor’s request, the court ordered pretrial detention. Under the judgment of January 9 this year, the period of actual deprivation of liberty, from March 14, 2025, to January 9, 2026, was credited toward the imposed sentence. The verdict is final. The investigation was conducted by the Białystok Field Office of the ABW under the supervision of the Podlaskie Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office in Białystok.
Sąd Okręgowy w Białymstoku skazał obywatela Litwy Sauliusa V. na rok pozbawienia wolności za usiłowanie zgłoszenia gotowości działania na rzecz obcego wywiadu przeciwko Polsce i USA. Podstawą do wszczęcia śledztwa był materiał dowodowy uzyskany przez funkcjonariuszy Agencji… pic.twitter.com/gH3tzMdbRZ
— Jacek Dobrzyński (@JacekDobrzynski) February 2, 2026
