Bitcoin Gift From Felon Spurs Call for Czech Cabinet to Quit (1)

Czech opposition parties urged the government to formally resign just four months before elections after a ministry accepted a $45 million Bitcoin donation from a convicted drug dealer.

The move ratchets up pressure on the center-right cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Fiala before the Oct. 3-4 general ballot, which most polls predict will be won by billionaire populist Andrej Babis’s opposition ANO party.

Justice Minister Pavel Blazek said on Friday he would step down amid criticism that his ministry had accepted a gift in Bitcoin from a man previously jailed for drug trafficking, embezzlement and illegal gun possession. Prosecutors ...