Overview
- Investigators traced irregular withdrawals to a rented flat in Budapest’s Angyalföld district and arrested a 27-year-old man on May 6 after a U.S. bank notified the FBI’s Budapest office.
- Authorities say 308 unauthorized transactions were made on Depp’s American Express card between January 2024 and December 2025, totaling about $690,000.
- Hungarian police reported linking the suspect to the bookings through a Hungarian phone number, IP addresses and email accounts and seized electronic devices during searches.
- Searches of the property also turned up substances suspected to be narcotics and investigators are continuing forensic work to determine how the card details were obtained and whether others took part.
- Videos of the arrest circulated online and the case follows separate reports of trespassing at Depp’s Los Angeles home, raising questions about celebrity security and how repeated small charges can evade automated fraud detection.