“Bubu” Salamon: Defenseman, troubleAttila Ambrus, aka the Whiskey Robber: Goalie, church painter, gravedigger, animal-pelt smuggler, serial bank robber, folk hero
Gábor “Gabi” Orbán: Forward, coroner’s assistant, bank robber
Jen “Bubu” Salamon: Defenseman, trouble
George Pék: Forward, UTE player-coach, 24-hour mini-mart owner
Károly “Karcsi” Antal: Forward, videotape salesman, used-car dealer, toy-store stockboy, bank robber
George Orbán: Former national Hungarian hockey team goalie, UTE coach (1994–95), Gabi Orbán’s father
János Egri: Former UTE player, sports broadcaster, game-show host (Játek a Bet
kkel! [Scrabble])
Gustáv Bóta: UTE general manager, freelance everything
Lajos Varjú: Chief of the Budapest police robbery department
Tibor Vági, aka Mound of Asshead: Deputy chief of the Budapest police robbery department
Lajos Seres, aka The Dance Instructor: Detective and expert criminal profiler
József Keszthelyi: Detective and, eventually, chief of the Budapest police robbery department
Zsolt Bérdi: Chief of post-arrest investigations, Budapest police
Valter Fülöp: Post-arrest investigator, Budapest police
Sándor Pintér: Hungary’s national police chief and, eventually, interior minister
László Juszt: Host of the hit television show Kriminális
László “Laczika” Veres: Attila’s Transylvanian cousin and first accomplice
László Szabó: Attila’s uncle and the man who raised Attila in eastern Transylvania with his wife, Margit
László Valenta, aka The 12 Percent: Top Budapest police official
László Klányi: Convicted fraud, Whiskey Robber informant
Judit Milos: English teacher, Attila’s first girlfriend in Budapest, the first woman for whom he bought liposuction and second whom he asked to marry
Éva Fodor: Car wash owner, Attila’s second girlfriend in Budapest and true love
Betty Gergely: Exotic dancer, Attila’s third girlfriend in Budapest
Zsuzsa Hamer: Grocery-store clerk, second mother to Attila
George Magyar: Attila’s lawyer, failed mayoral candidate
Márta Tocsik: Budapest lawyer, linchpin in the “Scandal of the Century”
Uncle Béla: Csángó Pelt King
Hansi: Austrian mountain lodge owner, pelt buyer