A professional thief lurked in supermarkets to steal customers’ wallets unnoticed. He used the stolen debit cards to plunder the victims’ accounts. Thanks to a mugshot, the Romanian was caught together with an accomplice. The main perpetrator has made a full confession. Imprisonment!
The callous criminal tourist was first spotted on May 25 in the Intro-Park shopping center in Siegendorf. The clever perpetrator stole a supermarket customer’s wallet, including a debit card and associated PIN code. Shortly afterwards, the Romanian withdrew 400 euros from a bank branch in Eisenstadt and disappeared.
Checks for supermarkets
What the thief didn’t know: After a report was made, the financial institution’s surveillance camera recordings could be evaluated for a manhunt. The police increased checks at the supermarkets around the first crime scene.
Officers recognized the perpetrators
Days later, the hardened criminal tourist returned to Siegendorf. Observant officers on patrol immediately noticed similarities to the thief they were looking for. The Romanian was traveling with a fellow countryman. The inspection immediately confirmed the suspicion and both were arrested.
Pre-detention interrogation
All further investigations consistently showed that the two men were professional criminals. The morning before their arrest, they struck a supermarket in Mattersburg. A customer’s wallet and debit card were also stolen there. “I came to Austria to steal,” the main perpetrator casually stated during the interview.
A whole series of coups
He is said to have been responsible for a dozen wallet thefts within a few days. The Eisenstadt Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a request for arrest. The accomplice ran away with a complaint. Cash and the main perpetrator’s mobile phone were seized. Now investigators begin their painstaking investigation into all the coups of the brutal criminal tourist duo.
Source: Krone
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