A French-Polish arms dealer previously tied to fraudulent weapon transactions has been charged in the United States with orchestrating a fraud and extortion plot, according to legal documents.
Pierre Konrad Dadak, 48, was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York’s Southern District for a scheme spanning 2021 and 2022. Authorities allege he impersonated a high-end retailer and deceived victims into wiring money to a bank account he opened using a stolen identity. The funds were reportedly used for personal luxuries, including a diamond-encrusted watch and a vintage 1960s sports car.
This is not Dadak’s first legal entanglement. Once an agent for Polish state arms firm Bumar, he was arrested by Spanish authorities at his Ibiza mansion in 2016 in what was initially hailed as a crackdown on international arms smuggling.
A 2018 investigation revealed that much of Dadak’s arms trading was a sophisticated scam to pocket millions in down payments from unsuspecting buyers. His ill-gotten gains funded a lavish lifestyle, and he allegedly resorted to violent threats against anyone who raised objections.
Dadak was rearrested in Barcelona in mid-2023 following a joint probe by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Spanish police. He was taken into custody as he stepped off a flight from Dubai, carrying a diplomatic passport from Guinea-Bissau.
During a search of his Ibiza residence, authorities reported seizing five computers, nine mobile phones, two hard drives, keys to a luxury car, and a substantial amount of jewelry, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry.