The Czech authorities arrested the drug trafficker sentenced Tomas Jirikovsky in an in -depth investigation into a bitcoin donation of $ 45 million to the Ministry of Justice which sparked a storm of political fire earlier this year.
The main dishes to remember:
- Czech police have arrested drug trafficking sentenced Tomas Jirikovsky for a Bitcoin donation of $ 45 million.
- The donation, accepted without verification of the former Minister of Justice, Pavel Blazek, sparked a political scandal.
- The Minister of Justice Eva Decroix plans to publish a detailed calendar of cases.
The National Center for the Combating Organized Crime confirmed that it had carried out raids on Thursday, entering assets as part of an investigation now focused on money laundering and drug trafficking.
The case, supervised by the prosecutor of the prosecutor in Olomouc, was recently separated from a wider investigation disclosed in May.
Czech donor Bitcoin Jirikovsky owned in Breclav
Jirikovsky, identified by local media as the donor of 468 bitcoin to the Ministry of Justice, was detained in a Breclav property, echo24 reported.
The cryptocurrency was transferred earlier this year and accepted by the Minister of Justice at the time, Pavel Blazek, without verifying his origins.
Blazek resigned in May after the revelations that the funds came from Jirikovsky, an operator from Darknet condemned, previously imprisoned for drug trafficking.
A July audit commissioned by the successor of Blazek, Eva Decroix, concluded that the ministry should never have accepted the donation because of the high risk that it represented the crime product.
The scandal has shaken the Czech political landscape. In June, the central coalition of Prime Minister Petr Fiala narrowly survived a vote without confidence launched by the controversy, 98 legislators voting to maintain the government against 94 calling for its withdrawal.
The ano opposition party has since been pressure for new resignations, notably the Minister of Finance Zbynek Stanjura.
Prosecutors said Thursday’s raids aimed to “clarify the case” and secure people and property, refusing to provide more details to protect the integrity of the investigation.
Decroix, who took office as Minister of Justice in May, is committed to publishing a schedule of broadcasting this week containing more than 8,000 admissions, while public control intensified before the October legislative elections.
Hacks of crypto, scams cost investors $ 2.2 billion in H1 2025: Certik
Crypto investors have lost more than $ 2.2 billion against hacks, scams and violations in the first half of 2025, largely portfolio compromises and phishing attacks, according to Certik’s latest security report.
Portfolio violations alone caused $ 1.7 billion in losses on only 34 incidents, while phishing scams represented more than $ 410 million in 132 attacks.
Two major incidents, including the hacking of $ 1.5 billion by Bybit in February and the feat of $ 225 million in Cetus Protocol in May, biased the losses of the year up, representing together nearly $ 1.78 billion.
Without this, losses align more closely with previous years at around $ 690 million.
Ethereum remained the main objective, undergoing more than $ 1.6 billion in losses on 175 events.
The report also underlined the growing sophistication of phishing schemes and the continuous risks of social engineering, urging crypto users to check the links, avoid suspect sites and use material portfolios.
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