If they really were gypsies, the credit card on file was lifted 15 minutes before the dinner was ordered.
But he told me later the hotel where the affair was held was stiffed by the gypsies. They had skipped out on a $23,000 tab. On top of that, they trashed the venue that cost the hotel thousands more to repair. He said there was a deposit paid before the wedding but it didn't come close to covering the expenses of the gypsies' event and destruction.
I never learned the final outcome of the hotel bill, but he did tell me months later that the gypsies still owed the money. He said they talked openly about it and bragged about taking the hotel for a ride.
This is pretty common behavior for gypsies and indicative of their skills at scamming and fleecing innocent, trusting people.