Stanisław Wawrzecki (October 5, 1921 – March 19, 1965) was a director of State-Directed Meat Trade in Praga (part of Warsaw), and the last person sentenced to death and executed in Poland for economy-related crimes after 1956.
Attorneys representing Wawrzecki's son in a lawsuit decades later accused Polish authorities of fabricating the "Meat Scandal" as part of a propaganda campaign to redirect attention from the government's inability to provide food for its citizens due to inefficient agricultural production.
[1] Allegedly, Wawrzecki admitted to receiving over 3.5 million złote, a crime that ordinarily carried a maximum punishment of five years in prison.
[2] His trial was influenced by strong pressure from the communist authorities, especially from then PUWP First Secretary, Władysław Gomułka.
In 2002, the Polish Supreme Court turned down the death sentence post factum, arguing that this was a clear miscarriage of justice.