Fraudsters swindled wealthy foreign tourists in Budapest’s party district bars with the assistance of pretty hostesses – VIDEO

Wealthy foreign tourists fell victim to pretty Hungarian women
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The number of fraudsters arrested for fraud committed against wealthy foreign tourists with the help of attractive hostesses in Budapest bars has increased in the last few days, the Hungarian police said.

Wealthy foreign tourists fell victim to the gang in Budapest

According to 24.hu, the fraud scheme was simple: pretty hostesses got in touch with wealthy foreigners coming to Budapest via dating apps. They met the victims in Budapest bars and made them pay for their drinks. The women taking part in the fraud did not get drunk, but their victims completely lost their good judgment due to the amount of alcohol consumed. Therefore, they finally paid the highly overpriced bills.

Wealthy foreign tourists fell victim to pretty Hungarian women
Illustration. Pretty hostesses, bar owners, bartenders, waiters, and security staff were members of the gang. Photo: httpsdepositphotos.comphotoportrait-of-two-young-women-at-restaurant-10077467.html

In other cases, the alcohol consumption of the men remained minimal. Still, their partners drank a lot and made them pay for it, although the amounts appearing on the POS terminals did not correspond at all to the number of drinks consumed. Some victims paid more than HUF 1 million (EUR 2,500) for just a couple of drinks in a Budapest bar.

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The fraudster gang’s operation followed a hierarchy: the owners of the bars controlled them, and hostesses, waiters, waitresses, security staff, and bartenders took part in the fraud.

Additional suspects have been taken into custody

Hungarian police have so far identified 33 men from the hundreds of victims, while the financial damage exceeds HUF 1 billion (EUR 2.5 million). The police arrested the first suspects on 11 February: five women and five men in Dunaharaszti. Eight of them are still in pre-trial detention.

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In the last four months, police officers gathered new evidence and detained two women and one man on 17 June. A 34-year-old woman and a 47-year-old woman are responsible for “ensnaring” at least 29 foreign men. The younger woman was the owner of a bar participating in the fraud, while the older woman worked as a hostess. The man arrested worked as a bartender and waiter in the bar.

Both women were taken into pre-trial custody, while the man was released on bail pending trial.

Here is a video of the man’s capture:

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