VIDEO: Hungarian fraud queen wanted for 12 years caught on Dominican beach

On 26 March 2023, the police of the Dominican Republic arrested Andrea D., alias Eszter Katona. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud and money laundering. What is more, the woman was also placed on the EU Most Wanted list.

Dominican papers (here and here) like to refer to Andrea D. as “Europe’s most wanted fugitive”. She was caught in the seaside resort of Bávaro, Punta Cana, La Altagracia. She started a new life under a false name there, started a family and a business, Telex reports. In addition to several local and international organisations, the National Investigation Unit of the Emergency Police Force was involved in her capture.

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She was planning similar crimes in the Dominican Republic

She has since been arrested and has already been transferred to Spain. There, she is awaiting extradition to Hungary, where she can finally serve the 15 years she was previously sentenced to. According to Dominican authorities, the fraudster was not just living peacefully on the beach: she was planning to commit similar crimes in the Dominican Republic.