The Czech police have detained the drug smuggling Tomoicowski, who has been convicted of a multi-dollar bitcoin donation for the country’s Ministry of Justice, who has already claimed a cabinet minister.
The office of the Supreme Public Prosecutor said on Thursday that the National Center for the Fight for Organized Crime (NCOZ) According to the intervention in the case, securing individuals and evidence A report of Czech News website echo24The investigation now targets suspected money laundering and illegal drug handling, which is separated from a comprehensive investigation which also investigated the misuse of power.
Jiřikovský was convicted and was sentenced to jail for running a dark drug marketplace called Bazaar. He was arrested in 2016 and was later convicted of embezzlement and drug trafficking, serving a four -year jail sentence.
The arrest was the result of a police raid at a house in Bocclav, where jiřikovský was staying.
The case of bitcoin donation shook the administration of Prime Minister Petra Fiala only months before the country’s election leasse.
The government survived a vote of mistrust filed by the opposition party AO, which leads the elections before the October vote.
Former Justice Minister Pavel Blazek resigned in this regard in June, accepting 468 BTC donations, which was sold in about 1 billion check Koruna, priced at around $ 45 million.
His successor, Eva DiCrix, starts an independent audit from Grant Thorrton. Released in late July, the audit concluded that the ministry should not have accepted bitcoins, warning that it is likely to arise from criminal income and forms a criminal offense.
