Skip next section Nonpaying long-time hotel guest faces fraud charges May 18, 2026 Nonpaying long-time hotel guest faces fraud charges A 55-year-old man is facing charges of fraud after he spent more than a year in a Berlin hotel without paying. His total bill for the accommodation from April 2023 to August 2024 came to more than €100,000 ($116,000), according to state prosecutors.  The man is said to have taken a room at the hotel in Berlin's Treptow-Köpenick district for himself, his partner and two children, falsely saying that his caravan had been burnt-out and that he was ill with cancer. He is also alleged to have said that an automobile club would pay for his accommodation, which again was a fraudulent claim. The man was detained in March on an arrest warrant and spent a brief period in pre-trial detention before being released.…