2025 Czech government Bitcoin scandal

The 2025 Czech government Bitcoin scandal was a scandal in the Czech Republic that involved a Bitcoin donation to the country's Ministry of Justice. The Independent Czech Daily Newspaper and digital content outlet, Deník N, reported that the Minister of Justice, Pavel Blažek, accepted a Bitcoin donation worth one billion Czech koruna at the time from Tomáš Jiřikovský. Jiřikovský had previously been convicted of embezzlement, drug trafficking, and illegal possession of weapons in 2017.