Filenews 15 February 2022 - by Michalis Hadjivasilis
Developments around the circuit that imported used/damaged vehicles from Britain to Cyprus as normal and made a profit by selling them as new are overwhelming.
The investigations and interrogations of the ICF Headquarters continue feverishly and new evidence is constantly coming to light that shows both the extent of the plot and the persons involved.
Information from "F" reports that while initially under the microscope of the authorities three vehicles that appear to have been introduced as damaged and then declared to the Road Transport Department as undamaged, with the continuous investigations and the carving of documents, the "suspicious" vehicles exceeded 10.
Also, according to the same information, in the coming days it is expected that there will be new arrests of persons involved, without excluding state officials. The data and the information transmitted to the investigating authorities, indicate that it is not possible to register vehicles purchased as being damaged purely from accidents and that there was no finger of assistance from within. Investigators have gathered dozens of accompanying documents of luxury imported vehicles they are studying to see whether they were imported damaged and where they ended up: were they properly registered or declared to have an accident history? This analysis will show whether these vehicles are in use as undamaged.
Also, information tells us that the investigations are extended to other provinces to identify whether an attempt was made to register vehicles that, although they were involved in an accident in Britain, were imported into Cyprus and registered as normal in order not to diminish their value. From the study of the accompanying documents of all the vehicles involved, this will also show who was behind, since in the circuit each one had his role and his involvement.
Meanwhile, the 49-year-old, who had been arrested last week on suspicion of fraud involving damaged imported vehicles in Cyprus, for which their actual situation was not indicated, has been released. The 49-year-old had been arrested on February 9 on suspicion of offences involving forgery, circulation of a forged document and attempting to obtain a registration by false representations, and a three-day detention order was obtained against her through a court. The woman in question went to the Road Transport Department and presented documents for the registration of vehicles.
Because of this case, the Department of Road Transport is upset, since recently an officer who had testified about what he knew, fell victim to arsonists. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos gave full coverage to the officers of the Department of Road Transport to carry out their work, stressing that the Council of Ministers will cover the damages to the two vehicles of the senior officer.
