French burglar used ChatGPT to locate Canberra home with luxury goods
The crime began with photos of designer items posted on social media in Australia and ended with the arrest of four French men at a KFC in Sydney, fresh court documents show.
A French burglary gang, comprising four nationals, stole a collection of luxury items from a Canberra home in October last year. The four men, Ilyes Abdelkader, Mohamed Abdelkader, Mohamed Naimi, and Antoni Voisin, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and joint commission theft in March. However, their lawyers contested the total value of the stolen goods, which the prosecution later reduced from $10 million to just under $2 million, as some items remain unaccounted for.
The victims were unable to provide documentation proving the authenticity of the missing items. One of the victims had posted images of her luxury goods on Instagram, including a Richard Mille RM88 watch worth $5 million. The French burglar, Ilyes Abdelkader, utilized artificial intelligence and images from social media to pinpoint a Canberra residence with luxury goods.
He and his cohorts broke into the house days later, using tree trunks to break a window and access a safe. Subsequently, they sent some of the recovered items to France using a freight service. The group was apprehended at a KFC in Sydney's Wentworthville on October 19, having arrived from Thailand on October 7. Court documents reveal that $915,000 worth of items have been returned, while items valued over $1 million remain outstanding.
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