Attila Ambrus
Attila Ambrus (born October 6, 1967), alias
The Whiskey Robber, is a Hungarian former
bank robber and professional ice hockey player. He became notorious during the 1990s for committing a string of undercover "gentleman robberies" in and around
Budapest,
Hungary, while working a day job as a
goaltender. He became infamous in Hungary as a
folk hero symbolic of the times in the decade after the introduction of
capitalism to the former Communist state. Ambrus was eventually caught and imprisoned for about 12 years, released in 2012. His story was told in the 2004 book ''Ballad of the Whiskey Robber'' by author
Julian Rubinstein and the 2017 film ''
A Viszkis'' directed by
Nimród Antal.
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