State’s Role in Bitcoin Donation Case Must Be Investigated, Says Fiala

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On Wednesday evening, the State Security Council (BRS) convened an extraordinary meeting, convened by Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) due to the bitcoin case. It was supposed to deal with the circumstances and possible misuse of the state in connection with a suspicious gift in the form of bitcoins worth almost a billion crowns to the Ministry of Justice. The head of this department, Pavel Blažek (ODS), has already resigned from his post due to …

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According to the Czech Cryptocurrency Association (ČKMA), when accepting a Bitcoin donation equivalent to almost one billion crowns, the state failed to meet the basic requirements that any regulated entity subject to the European MiCA regulation or the Anti-Money Laundering Act must comply with. There was a lack of identification of the donor, as well as an assessment of the origin of the funds, their economic logic and the potential risk assoc…

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According to Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, it is necessary to clarify in the bitcoin case whether it was an action aimed at defrauding the state and abusing its institutions. He also wants to know whether anyone benefited from it, and if so, he considers it necessary to draw consequences from it. He said this on Thursday at an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Deputies convened on this topic. According to him, people have the right to k…

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The cabinet of Petr Fiala (ODS) sat until late at night. The discussions dragged on because of the bitcoin case, which was started by the outgoing Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek (ODS). We describe what happened behind closed doors.

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Prime Minister Petr Fiala has called an extraordinary meeting of the State Security Council for the evening. It is discussing the circumstances of the bitcoin donation, which led to the resignation of Justice Minister Pavel Blažek, who accepted the donation from a person convicted of drug trafficking on an online marketplace. President Petr Pavel did not attend the council meeting this time.

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Prague - Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) has called an extraordinary meeting of the State Security Council (BRS) due to the bitcoin case for this evening. The government office announced this in a press release. The council will discuss the circumstances of the billion-dollar donation of bitcoins, which led to the resignation of Justice Minister Pavel Blažek (ODS), as well as the state's preparedness for new threats associated with cyberspace, t…