(FILES) Then new governor of the Hungarian Central Bank (MNB) Gyorgy Matolcsy informs the press about their new financial deal in the main hall of the MNB headquarters in Budapest on April 4, 2013 during his first official press conference in his new position. Hungary's former central bank governor -- once a close ally of ex-leader Viktor Orban -- was detained on October 21, 2026, his lawyer told local media, in one of the country's most high-profile graft cases. Gyorgy Matolcsy, 71, who headed the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) between 2013 and 2025, was taken into custody in connection with a sprawling scandal surrounding his tenure, his lawyer Pal Batki told news site Telex. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP via Getty Images)