I bought an iphone without realizing it was icloud locked

Hi everybody,
I bought an iphone without realizing it was icloud locked, does anybody or apple know how i can find the name of the earlier owner? i would talk to him maybe my iphone is lost or stolen, maybe the pervious owner will remove his icloud, i want to use it, I`m from romania the iphone is from france
Thanks

Return it and get your money back. If you can't do that, then turn it over to the police. It's useless to you. Apple will not divulge that information to you. The phone is probably stolen.

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