Knocks a Selfie: Cell Phone Thief Betrays Himself

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This burglar will probably think twice about his next selfie: a 40-year-old Slovak apparently carried himself over to Vienna – with a very special snapshot. Already on 6 June, the alleged perpetrator was supposed to have entered an office through an open window – and stolen a mobile phone.What he apparently didn't know: The mobile phone was equipped with an automatic cloud synchronization.Suspects recognized in a supermarketA few days later, a p…

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On Thursday, June 12, 2025 at around 10.45 a.m., officials in Vienna-Simmering (11th district) arrested a 40-year-old Slovak. He is suspected of entering an office room and stealing a cell phone there. With the stolen cell phone – the theft took place already on June 6th – the alleged perpetrator took a photo of himself, which was uploaded to a data platform of a well-known mobile phone manufacturer due to the automatic synchronization. The vict…

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Thanks to a selfie, the Vienna police were able to capture a suspected thief: a 40-year-old is said to have broken into an office and stolen a cell phone. When he took a photo of himself, it was automatically uploaded to the cloud – the victim recognized him and alerted the police.

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A man was told to get into an office and have stolen a smartphone there. Days later he was arrested by the police. The investigators found the suspect because of a selfie, which the man had to do with the stolen cell phone. VIENNA/SIMMERING. Admittedly, non-tech-savvy people could also happen the following case. But not every normal citizen steals valuables. What happened: On June 6th...

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The victim's brother-in-law recognized the suspect at the supermarket.

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On Thursday, Vienna police arrested a 40-year-old who is suspected of entering an office through an open window and stealing a cell phone. He took a photo of himself with the telephone, which was automatically uploaded to the data platform of the mobile phone manufacturer. The victim saw the photo and showed it to his brother-in-law, who recognized the thief in a supermarket in Vienna-Simmering, the police reported on Friday.