‘I WANTED TO CRY’
A WOMAN has been left "disgusted" after an Apple Store worker allegedly sent himself one of her nude photos while "repairing her iPhone".
Gloria Elisa Fuentes was devastated when she discovered the "EXTREMELY PERSONAL" picture was texted to an unknown number.
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The shocking revelation happened after she took her iPhone to an Apple Store in Bakersfield, California, to get her broken screen fixed on November 4.
Prior to the visit, Gloria explained that she purged the device of any apps containing financial information or details.
"I had this feeling to delete things from my phone," she explained in a Facebook post.
Gloria also removed all of her social media apps because she "didn't want them going through them".
But after backing-up her images, she forgot to delete them from her phone as she raced to her appointment.
I give the guy my phone he’s messing around with it for quiet a while and I didn’t really pay any mind to it because I just figured he’s doing his job
Gloria Elisa Fuentes
Inside the store, she gave the male Apple employee her phone and described that he was "messing around with it for quiet a while".
Gloria added: "I didn’t really pay any mind to it because I just figured he’s doing his job, looking into my insurance info or whatever.
"He asked me for my passcode TWICE in that time frame which I, at the time, still didn’t think anything of."
Later, when she was home, she turned on her phone and realised a message had been sent to a number she didn't recognise.
'I WANTED TO CRY'
Gloria said: "I open it and instantly wanted to cry!
"This guy went through my gallery and sent himself one of my EXTREMELY PERSONAL pictures that I took for my boyfriend."
She was fearful because the image had her geolocation, "so he also knows where I live," she added.
Gloria said that the sensitive snap was from "almost a year ago" so he would have had to scroll through "over 5,000 pics" in her phone.
Furious, she returned to the store and confronted the employee, who confessed it was his personal phone number.
I went back to the store and confronted him and he admits to me that this was his number but that he doesn't know how that pic got sent!!
Gloria claim's about
She wrote that the employee claimed, "He doesn't know how that pic got sent!!" with an angry swearing emoji.
Gloria claims the manager said he would look into the incident but stated that she intends to press legal charges.
A spokesperson for Bakersfield Police Department told The Sun online that "the case is being investigated".
They could not disclose any further information at this stage.
The Sun Online contacted Apple for a comment on this individual case but did not receive any response.
'NO LONGER WITH US'
In a previous statement they said that they were "grateful" that the customer brought the "deeply concerning situation" to their attention.
They told the Washington Post: "Apple immediately launched an internal investigation and determined that the employee acted far outside the strict privacy guidelines to which we hold all Apple employees.
"He is no longer associated with our company"
Gloria wrote that she shared her experience to warn others, especially because "iPhones are like a must have for teens now".
She feared that the employee could have done the same thing to "someone's teenage daughter or even any other woman at all."
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Gloria added: "This makes me cry thinking about it but I think he needs to be held accountable.
"Anyone else that has had him work on their phone should be aware of the fact that there’s a possibility that he’s done this to them!!"
The Sun Online reached out to Gloria for further information but did not hear back as of Wednesday afternoon.
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