A married couple fighting extradition to Hungary over allegations that they scammed pensioners in a £3m 'grandparent' fraud claim they would face prejudice there because of their Roma ethnicity. Erno Horvath, 41, and his wife Marina Horvath, 32, are accused of tricking elderly people into handing over cash by telling them their relatives had been in a car crash. They are fighting extradition to Hungary where they would face up to a decade behind bars if convicted of the alleged con which took place between January and July 2019. A second married couple Maria Lakatos, 41, and Csaba Nemeth, 42, are also wanted in Hungary for their alleged involvement in the con. Graham Hall, defending Marina Horvath, added that the couple could be forced to wait three years for their trial to start due to delays in the Hungarian criminal justice system.

Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2021 18:08 UTC