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Czech Justice Ministry Shouldn’t Have Accepted Drug Dealer’s Gift, Audit Finds
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The Ministry Has Published Part of the Audit on the Bitcoin Case. Money Laundering May Have Occurred
The Ministry of Justice on Friday published the “first preliminary part of the audit on the bitcoin case.” According to it, the case may have involved money laundering, fraud and failure to prevent a crime. The auditors concluded that the ministry should not have accepted a billion-dollar donation from previously convicted drug dealer Tomáš Jiřikovský.
Czech Justice Ministry Under Fire for Accepting Bitcoin From Convicted Criminal
The July 31 report, prepared by Grant Thornton, concluded that officials ignored warning signs and failed to follow governance procedures before accepting the contribution from Tomáš Jirčikovaky—previously convicted for running Sheep Marketplace, a dark web drug platform. The ministry later sold the Bitcoin for 956.8 million CZK (around $45 million), but auditors found no evidence that the funds’ origin had been meaningfully reviewed. The Minist…
According to auditors, the Ministry of Justice should never have accepted a donation in bitcoins that could have come from criminal activity. Yet, under the leadership of Pavel Blažek (ODS), it did so – without a deeper risk analysis or verification of the donor. The Grant Thornton report warns that a crime may have been committed. And although the Ministry of Finance was informed about the transaction in advance, the report does not address its…
Czech justice ministry should have rejected crypto gift, auditors say
The post Czech justice ministry should have rejected crypto gift, auditors say appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Justice Ministry of the Czech Republic should have rejected a $45 million Bitcoin donation that sparked a major political scandal in the country, an external audit has found. The digital currency donation, made by a convicted drug dealer, resulted in the resignation of its former head, Pavel Blažek, who still insists he didn’t …
The Czech Ministry of Justice should not have accepted a gift that presents significant signs that could be related to criminal activities, according to an external audit, writes Politico.
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