Czech police stopped allegedly drug trafficker Tomáš Jiřikovský, the man behind a multi-billion-dollar Bitcoin donated to the country’s justice ministry, which has risen to a scandal that said a cabinet minister.
Said the high -prosecutor prosecutor said (NCOZ) mediated in case, securing individuals and evidence, according to A Czech News Echo24 website report. The investigation is now targeting suspected money laundering and illegal drug handling, which is separated from a broader investigation that also evaluated power abuse.
Jiřikovský was convicted and served in a prison for the operation of a Darknet Drug Marketplace called the Sheep Marketplace. He was arrested in 2016 and subsequently convicted of losses and drug trafficking, serving four years of a nine-year prison.
The arrest was the result of a police attack at a house in Břeclav where Jiřikovský remained.
The Bitcoin donation case was rocking the management of prime minister Petr Fiala just months before the country’s election election this year.
The government Survived a vote of no confidence Filed by the opposition Party What, leading the current polls to October vote.
Former justice minister Pavel Blažek resigned in June for the romance, accepting the donation of 468 BTC, sold by nearly 1 billion Czech Koruna, worth nearly $ 45 million.
His successor, Eva Decroix, who ordered an independent audit from Grant Thornton. Released in late July, the audience ended the ministry should not accept Bitcoin, warning that it was likely to come from criminals and could be a criminal offense.
