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Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal
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FILE - A bitcoin token is placed on a mirror for a photograph in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 11, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal on Friday. Blažek was under fire from the opposition after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (more than $45 million) earlier this year. Blažek said that he wasn't aware of any wrongdoing, but didn’t want the four-party coalition government led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala to be harmed by the scandal.