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Czech Police Detain Key Figure in Bitcoin Donation Scandal, Seize Assets

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Czech authorities have escalated a politically charged probe into a bitcoin donation that nearly toppled the government earlier this year.
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On Thursday, the police intervened at the residence of the main actor in the bitcoin case, Tomáš Jiřikovský. According to the media, he tried to escape from the police over the roofs of houses. The case of bitcoins donated to the Ministry of Justice is one of the strangest in the modern history of Czech state administration. It shows the connection between a former drug criminal, darknet markets, high-ranking officials and the Minister of Justic…

The police intervened in a bitcoin case on Thursday evening, seizing people and things. The Chief State Prosecutor's Office in Olomouc announced this on its website. The National Center for Organized Crime (NCOZ) is now investigating money laundering and drug dealing separately, it also said. The police...

On Thursday evening, police in Břeclav arrested and charged previously convicted drug dealer Tomáš Jiřikovský, who donated billions worth of bitcoins to the Ministry of Justice. Deník N reports this based on information from Jiřikovský's ex-wife. According to the server, criminal investigators accused Jiřikovský of illegal drug dealing and legalization of proceeds from crime. The police intervention came as a surprise to Jiřikovský's defense att…

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Olomouc announced on its website on Thursday evening that the National Center for Organized Crime (NCOZ) is conducting extensive raids and seizing persons and objects as part of the so-called bitcoin case. According to Deník N, the police also intervened in the house of Tomáš Jiřikovský, who donated bitcoins worth approximately one billion crowns to the Czech Ministry of Justice in March. The Novinky.cz po…

·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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The police are currently intervening in the bitcoin case, securing people and things, the Chief State Prosecutor's Office in Olomouc said on its website on Thursday evening. The National Center for Organized Crime (NCOZ) is now investigating money laundering and drug dealing separately, it also said.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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ceskenoviny.cz broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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