Crime

Man asks police if they're looking for him, gets arrested

/ CBS/AP

VIENNA - A German man wanted by authorities in Austria for alleged fraud ambled into a police station in Salzburg, where he asked officers a question; basically....am I under investigation?

Naturally, the police checked their files - whereupon they found their answer - yes, sir, you are under investigation - and now he's also under arrest.

Police said the 59-year-old suspect walked into the police station Friday night. A spokesman told the Austria Press Agency that the man said he just wanted to check that authorities had "nothing on him."

Instead, officers found a recent arrest warrant from a Vienna court listing four counts of fraud and embezzlement.The man is being held in a Salzburg prison.

Any more questions?


First published on April 22, 2014 / 8:26 AM EDT

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