Head of Sokol resigns following fraud scandal

The head of Czechia’s Sokol gymnastics organisation, Hana Moučková, has resigned following revelations of large-scale bank and credit fraud by her personal assistant, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday. There were media reports over the past week that she had been under pressure to resign from the heads of Sokol branches across Czechia. Her deputy, Martin Chlumský, will be temporarily entrusted with the management of the association.

In January, it was reported that Ms. Moučková's assistant had committed fraud worth at least 40 million crowns before committing suicide at Sokol's Prague HQ when this information came to light.

Marek Tesař, director of the Sokol office, also resigned on Saturday of his own volition, citing the treatment of Ms. Moučková by colleagues and the organisation as a whole as the reason.