We Finally Brought A Scammer To Justice

This is the story of scammer Billy, who tried to cheat us.

Thank you 💛

0:00 Thief
0:28 Misdemeanor vs Serious Felony
0:59 Summer 2020 - Meet Billy
2:58 Billy Runs
3:18 Billy's Busted
4:40 Billy at Court
7:13 Autumn 2022 - Here Comes Billy
8:46 The Story's Not Over

Thank you for your support!
Janek Rubeš & Honza Mikulka, Prague based journalists
#HonestGuide

[skytrimmer]

Something has to change if people like the Honest Guide can catch these scammers multiple times a day trying to scam people and still not face consequences from the courts.

[CreamAle]

200 euros min, now 400...
Courts: man, were dealing with too many money scammers, better raise that minimum.

[JohnWarosa]

I love how the blur is not even blurring his face hahahaha

[MrCopernicum]

How tf can someone, who is ON PAROLE, be released by the police, after being caught again and even acting aggressive?!

[NicolaiJoer]

We need more people like you. Imagine a "scammer task force", harassing the scammers as they have harassed the tourists all these years! Keep it up! And pls expand to more countries! haha

[aeroysay]

Seem like Czech Republic legal system is pretty useless against this type of scam and is okay for them to damage the reputation of the country.

[AM-bftb]

"Billy, you have been issued seven warnings, if you continue to disobey the law then you will be risking an eighth warning"

What a joke of a system.

[mikesiegenthaler]

Moral of the Story: Billy can easily continue scamming people even up to 399.99€ now. Well done 🇨🇿, well done.

[zohilvilla]

It gave me goosebumps, i remembered how I was scammed for these guys in ATM, I ruined my day and my impression of Prague, which used to be romantic. Unfortunately the justice is very soft with them, so it will never end.

[MultiTheflyer]

This is incredible! I was in Prague roughly a year and a half ago and withdrew money from that exact ATM! And a guy next to me offered to exchange the money (I guess it was Billy). He offered to exchange notes to make him a favor... It seemed fishy so we said no and the friend next to me also said that the notes were looking weird! It was a close call though. Thanks for your work guys!

[Asa...S]

Annoying that he can use his kids' citizenship to avoid getting deported. While they live in Bulgaria...

[loganhopkins]

Should the prison sentence not have been enforced since he was caught again whilst on parole??

[happymiro]

An advice: Buy a simple phone for 20€ for calling 112 if necessary and ALWAYS keep recording on your smartphone, because as soon you stop the camera punches are coming.

[bazra]

Well done. Sadly, I do not live in the Czech Republic; I do live in England, and at 85 years old, I would have loved to join you in your quest to stop scammers. Your English is perfect. Keep up the good work. May your god go with you. Just go careful and watch your back.

[JAM-]

All these warnings really seem to be deterring Billy. Billy will just get worse because he knows that the consequences are minimal

[RyanAtlus]

At this point, not enforcing cameras at every ATM or money exchange office is just the government being negligent. Hope this guy and all of his scammer friends are eventually gonna be meeting justice.

[mkebza]

I just returned from my first trip to Praha yesterday. And first of all, I want to thank the guys from Honest Guide, because thanks to their videos, this trip was a huge success. Not only did I check out many of the places they recommended, but also knew about what to look out for in terms of scams. Thanks to you, this has been an awesome trip. Thank you for all the work you put in!

[anabioze]

That’s disgusting. I live now in Prague and as foreigner I’m constantly threaten by some stupid MOI approvals to change a job, banks to withdraw my own money and being canceled if I do not have PVZP while not working officially in any company for a while. And this individual has multiple criminal records and does not care. What’s wrong with this system?

[melihcarter]

I am so surprised how these guys are still alive and healthy :D take care guys, you are amazing for helping us but it seems like this is a very dangerous path

[JoeyRhubarb]

Completely ineffective justice system.