According to the Czech media, he was detained after a dramatic escape to the roof of the house in Břeclav.
On Thursday evening, the top state council in Olomouc informed that the National Center against Organized Crime (NCOZ) within the so -called. Bitcoin’s case performs extensive raid and provides persons and things. According to Deník N, the police also intervened in the house of Tomáš Jiřikovský, who donated to the Czech Ministry of Justice Bitcoins worth approximately one billion crowns in March. TASR writes about it on the basis of the portal Novinky.cz and TV CNN Prima News.
According to Deník N, the police detained Jiřikovský in the town of Břeclav under “dramatic circumstances” because during the raid allegedly fled to the roof of the family house, where he remained several tens of minutes. The police then secured him, took him and accused immediately.
Detention under dramatic circumstances
“From the point of view of the obligation not to threaten the clarification of the facts important for criminal proceedings, it is not possible to provide more detailed information at the moment,” said Olomouc Chief State representative Radim Dragoun.
The Czech media recall that Jiřikovský was a convicted drug trader in the past. In 2017 he was sent to jail for drug trafficking and illicit armaments. In 2021 he came to freedom and the Czech Ministry of Justice donated Bitcoins worth about 957 million crowns.
The then head of this resort Pavel Blažek resigned for this case, as there is a suspicion that the donated Bitcoins came from illegal activities of Jiřikovský.
