It seems completely at odds to use the words beloved and criminal in the same sentence. But it would seem that for one Attila Ambrus, this is precisely what his fellow countrymen call him. Not only did he live a life of crime as a bank robber for over 6 years, but he was also a professional hockey player, albeit a lousy one.
Read about the story of Romania’s infamous Whiskey Robber and how he landed the nickname in the first place.
Attila Ambrus From Transylvania, Romania
Attila Ambrus was born in Transylvania, Romania on October 6, 1967, in a highly impoverished community. Times were hard and resources were even harder to come by in a communist country, so much more so in the town of Fitod. And sadly for Attila, his mother was gone and his father pretty much left him to his own devices.
