Three newly accused challenge prosecution in Bitcoin case

All three newly accused persons have filed complaints against the decision to initiate criminal prosecution in the so-called Bitcoin case. The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office will decide on them, but they have not yet been submitted to it, Radek Bartoš, deputy of the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Olomouc, told the Czech News Agency today.

The Olomouc High Public Prosecutor’s Office did not disclose the names of those charged with money laundering and abuse of official authority, citing the Criminal Procedure Code. However, according to information from the Czech News Agency and other media, the accused include former Justice Minister Pavel Blažek (formerly ODS), his former deputy Radomír Daňhel, and lawyer Kárim Titz.

The case is linked to last year’s acceptance by the Ministry of Justice of a multi-billion-crown donation from Tomáš Jiřikovský, who had previously been convicted of embezzlement, drug trafficking, and illegal arms possession.