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Fraudsters Pretended to Be NVVH Agents, Blackmailed and Kidnapped a Man – They Were Arrested

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A man was blackmailed and kidnapped by criminals claiming to be from the National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office (NVVH). The authorities have arrested the perpetrators, the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office (KNYF) informed MTI on Friday.

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A man was blackmailed and kidnapped by criminals claiming to be from the National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office (NVVH). The authorities have arrested the perpetrators, the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office (KNYF) informed MTI on Friday.

·Budapest, Hungary
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According to the prosecutor's office, they first promised the victim the disappearance of his criminal cases, and then tried to put pressure on him by pretending to be a police procedure.

·Hungary
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It is suspected that the perpetrators even pretended to bring the victim to the National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office as part of an official procedure.

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Two men were taken into custody who tried to extort two billion forints from their victim by citing the NVVH. The Budapest Regional Investigative Prosecutor's Office has requested the arrest of the two men. He was stopped from the road According to a statement from the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office, one of the perpetrators - falsely posing as an employee of the secret service - called out to the victim at a gas station in July of thi…

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Two men are in custody who tried to obtain money by impersonating an official and using the NVVH to obtain money, the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office announced on Friday. The investigating prosecutors have informed the three perpetrators of a well-founded suspicion of the crime of influence peddling by pretending to be an official person and of the crime of violating personal freedom by pretending to be an official person, causing sign…

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A fraudster posing as a secret service employee demanded two billion forints from a man, and after the victim refused to pay, two of his accomplices pretended to be police officers and kidnapped him, the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office (KNYF) announced. The fake police officers, citing the National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office, took the man away in a car with a distinctive sign, who was later returned to his home.

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444.hu broke the news in Hungary on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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