Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blazek has stepped down following a scandal over the sale of bitcoins donated by a criminal convicted of drug trafficking.
    • Vincent@feddit.nlEnglish
      1 year

      Well, the article (and a previous one I read) says that he didn’t personally accept it; it went to the ministry, who auctioned it:

      the money was meant to help fund the digitization of the justice system, fight drug use in prisons and provide housing for prison staff.

    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
      1 year

      Ha, not even the most corrupt Europeans are as bad as the orange trouser shitter.