40 Million Euros Gift for Czech Ministry of Justice

The government of Prague is in the midst of a scandal, after the press revealed that a convicted offender has given 468,468 Bitcoin, worth nearly 40 million euros, the Minister of...

A convicted criminal gives Bitcoin to the Czech state worth almost 40 million euros. But where does the fortune come from? According to a media report, the police are investigating.

However, the police are now investigating the suspicion of money laundering. The Schenker had previously run an illegal Darknet market

The Czech Ministry of Justice has received a gift that is as unusual as it is generous. A convicted criminal has left exactly 468.468 Bitcoin to the department, a spokesman said on Thursday in Prague. The cryptocurrency was auctioned and a proceeds of almost 40 million euros were obtained. The money is now to be used for a good cause, for example to help victims of crime and to equip the prisons.

A convicted criminal gives the Czech state Bitcoin a value of almost 40 million euros. But where does the crime come from? According to a media report, the police are investigating.

A somewhat agitated former minister called me: "I've never seen this before! This is the legalization of proceeds from crime, and the state is an accomplice in it!" It was a reaction to the fact that the Ministry of Justice had accepted a donation of roughly a billion crowns in bitcoins, from a person...