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Czech bitcoin scandal spirals in no confident vote


The main opposition party of the Czech Republic called for a vote that had no government confidence on Thursday, accusing it of corruption for a $ 45 million Bitcoin payment from a criminal.

Alena Schillerova, Vice Chair of Right-Wing What Party, Says In a Thursday’s post on X felt his party had no “choice” but to submit the movement without confidence, which was set Tuesday.

The Czech Justice Ministry said on May 28 that it sells nearly 500 Bitcoin (Btc) for 1 billion Czech Koruna ($ 45 million) in an auction after receiving it from Tomas Jirikovskywho ran an online black market and was convicted of losses, drug violations and weapons violation in 2017.

Source: Alena Schillerova

Czech Opposition wants the Bitcoin donation investigation

In the days since the sale, Ano called for an investigation into conducting the ministry and requested information about who allowed the transaction.

Among other requests is whether the source of Bitcoin is “legal that is -Vetted” prior to sale, According to In a post on Thursday from what.

The party also accused the winners of the Bitcoin auction “demanding their funds” and wanted to know “from what resources to pay for the damage.”

The Minister of Justice has resigned the scandal

Czech Minister of Justice Pavel Blazek resigned on May 30 after facing pressure mounted, but declined any mistake and said his decision to leave was about protecting the government’s reputation on the October election.

On Tuesday, Czech president Petr Pavel swore to the Eve Decroix as the new minister of justice, who pledged to order an independent investigation into the actions of the ministry.

Source: Eva Decroix

He has since Says That the Ministry of Justice, under his leadership, will “provide cooperation with the investigation of the donation case.”

Other leaders of the world under fire in Crypto dealings

Argentina president Javier Milei, also faced an investigation into his X post endorsed the Libertad project Native Solana token, Libra (Libra), who rallied in a market capitalization of $ 4.56 billion in February. 14.

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It fell over 94% after he deleted his post, motivating the accusations of a Pump-and-dump scheme. Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office has that -Clear the mile of any wrongdoing And it was said in a June 5 resolution that Milei was acting in a personal capacity when he endorsed the token and did not violate federal laws for public officials.

The president of the United States Donald Trump also has The country reviewed The opposition to the democratic party in his deal with the crypto.

On May 7, Democrat lawmakers Launched a multi-prong attack on Trump’s Crypto adventures with two bills and a subkomite inquiry aimed at cutting his profitability from initiatives.

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