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Czech Police Arrest Donor in Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Scandal: Report

Authoritities Detain Convicted Trafficker TomአJiikovský in Probe Over Bitcoin Gifted to Ministry of Justice, with The Case Expanding To Money Laundering and Drug Charges.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Authoritities Detain Convicted Trafficker TomአJiikovský in Probe Over Bitcoin Gifted to Ministry of Justice, with The Case Expanding To Money Laundering and Drug Charges.Updated Aug 15, 2025, 7:17 PM PUBLISHED AUG 15, 2025, 3:29 PM

Czech Police Have Detained Convicted Drug Trafficker Tomáš Jiiikovský, The Man Behind A Multi-Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Donation to The Country’s Ministry of Justice Cabinet Minister.

The supreme public proseCutor’s office said thursday that the National Centre for the Fight Against Organized Crime (Ncoz) Intervened In The Case, Securing Individales and EvidC Website Echo24. The Probe Now Targets Suspected Money Launding and Illegal Drug Handling, Separated From A Broader Investigation that Also Examined Abuse of Power.

JIřikovský was Convicted and Serveda Senning for Running A Darknet Drug Marketplace Called Sheep Marketplace. He was arrested in 2016 and subsequently conscuced of imbezzlement and drug trafficking, Serving Four Years of a Nine-Year Prison Sennce.

The arrest was the result of a raid by the polic on a home in břeclv where jiiikovský washanging.

The Bitcoin Donation Case Roked Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s Administration Only Months Before The Country’s Election Laster This Year.

The Government Survived a vote of no confiding FILED by opposition Party Ano, Which Leads the Polls at Present Ahead of October’s Vote.

Former Justice Minister Pavel Bla | Resigned in June Over the Affair, Having ACCEPTED The DONATION OF 468 BTC, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR ROUGHLY 1 BILLION CZECH KORUNA, WORTH AROUND.

His successor, EVA Decroix, Commissioning An Independent Audit from Grant Thorno. Released in Late July, The Audit Concluded the Ministry Should not have the ACCEPTED THE BITCOIN, WARNING IT LIKELY ORIGINATED FROM CRIMINAL PROCEEDS AND COLD CONSTITUTE A CRIMINAL OFFER.

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