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Organised gang stole from foreigners in Budapest
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A group of young people in Budapest specialised in stealing from foreigners. They distracted their victims and stole their money when they tried to withdraw cash from ATM machines. The suspects were caught by the Erzsébetváros police.
“Where is the money? I don’t know.” This is what is said in the video recorded by the girlfriend of one of the victims while more than HUF 200,000 (EUR 555) was stolen from her boyfriend on 27 December 2021, police.hu reported.
The perpetrators pretended to help the young foreigner who wanted to withdraw money from an ATM in the 7th district. After he entered the amount he wanted to withdraw, the display went black, and the three men said the ATM was broken.
The victim then went to the cash machine next to him, entered a sum of money, but the display went black again. Only afterwards did he realise that his money had been withdrawn by the unknown persons.