Pafos Live 17 July 2024
Pafos Police arrested a 36-year-old man to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of interference in judicial proceedings.
According to the Paphos Assistant Police Director of Operations, Michalis Nicolaou, on Tuesday a permanent resident of Cyprus reported to the Police that, on July 5, he had received a threatening text message from a specific person, 36 years old, a permanent resident of Cyprus, for the withdrawal of a complaint he had filed against him concerning an assault causing actual bodily harm.
Nicolaou told CNA that this action is considered interference in a police investigation and in a judicial process, based on which he was arrested at 22:00 on Tuesday night with a court warrant. The case is being investigated by the Paphos Police.
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Filenews
The Larnaca District Court issued on Tuesday a detention order for six days against a 28-year-old man to facilitate police investigations into an ongoing case of impersonation.
According to a police briefing, the 28-year-old was found on the morning of Monday, July 15, lying on the ground at Larnaka airport.
During a police check, the man presented a passport of a European country, which was genuine, but appeared to belong to another person. He was therefore arrested for the offence of impersonation.
According to the information provided so far to the police by the 28-year-old, he is of Arab origin and has no permanent place of residence in Cyprus.
A notebook with notes and drawings was reportedly found in the man's possession, the contents of which are being examined. However, according to the information, the plans did not involve buildings so there do not appear to be any terrorism-related offences.
The man was brought yesterday before the Larnaca District Court, which issued a detention order for six days.
The case is being investigated by the ICF of Larnaca.
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The Police arrested two people at dawn today, as part of the investigation of two cases of burglary, committed recently, in Limassol. They are a 42-year-old woman and a 34-year-old woman, who were arrested under court warrants and detained to facilitate interrogations.
The two burglaries were committed at a house and a hotel in Limassol on May 25 and July 15, 2024 respectively, from where various electronic devices were stolen. During the investigation of the two cases by the police, testimony emerged against the 42-year-old and the 34-year-old, on the basis of which judicial warrants were issued for their arrest.
At dawn today, the 42-year-old and the 34-year-old were spotted on a Limassol street by a member of the Police and arrested under the warrants pending against them.
The ICF Limassol continues the examinations.
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There is no end to the revelations regarding how those involved in the investment fraud of Metamax operated, with the investigation team of the Financial Crime Investigation Office of the Limassol Police Authority working tirelessly, collecting testimonies and important evidence that burns the main protagonists and involved in the case under investigation.
philenews obtained a video from a presentation made a few months ago, where one of the protagonists urges the public to invest in Metamax, telling them to even borrow money either from friends or banks, to invest in the packages after the loan would have been repaid within 40 days.
As the presenter is heard saying while showing the investment packages, the 600 euro package is the best and with the least risk to start with. He then mentions features in his presentation. "Unfortunately, we have been reduced since 2013, we cannot disinherit loans. What is the fortunate thing? That we may find loans, either from an acquaintance or from an organization. But the problem is how to pay them back. Well, this particular loan when we do it, it repays itself and in a very short period of time, which in the worst case scenario is 40 days. I don't think it's a deterrent for anybody."
In addition to the video, our website has been receiving a barrage of conversations written in a specific group for days, with victims claiming that the alleged ... A leader, he promised to take them on dream journeys while they had to take advantage of the tsunami of offerings.
In other messages to the group, the person tells members that the future of the group is in their own hands, criticizing those who judge him. In fact, he also mentions the event in Manila where he had travelled for Metamax.
As Philenews is aware, the noose around specific individuals who had a role in the case has tightened quite a bit and more arrests will probably be added. At the same time, persons from Greece have been placed under the microscope of the investigation team who, according to the testimonies that exist, are allegedly involved in various ways in this investment pyramid. In fact, these people seem to have made live presentations through the zoom platform and Telegram as well as presentations in cafes in Limassol.
The investigators of the case, at the same time, are waiting for the green light from the Legal Service to go to Greece and other countries, to take statements and identify persons allegedly directly involved in the Metamax case. Research is also being done on Metamax's seminars – presentations, which took place both in Athens and Thessaloniki, where, according to testimonies secured, more than 1,000 people registered en masse.
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The 50-year-old man arrested for the murder of his 43-year-old brother-in-law in Peyia was today indicted in direct trial before the Assize Court that will meet in Paphos on September 10, on charges of murder. The Pafos district court ordered that the defendant remain in custody until the start of his trial at the Assize Court.
According to the indictment, the 50-year-old, originally from Greece, shot dead his wife's 43-year-old brother, Stelios Stylianou, late in the evening of July 3 at his home, where the whole family had gathered for dinner.
Police examinations show that there was at some point a confrontation for a trivial reason and the 50-year-old defendant fired a shotgun, fatally wounding the 43-year-old. The perpetrator then fled to the scene and shortly afterwards visited Paphos Hospital, where it was found that he had frictional injuries on his legs and various bruises.
He was arrested on the basis of a court warrant and taken into custody, while under interrogation he admitted to committing the offence.
Stylianos' death, according to the autopsy report, was due to internal bleeding – crushing vital organs caused by a firearm."
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The case concerning the murder of Charalambos Konstantinidis, 52 years old from Paralimni, committed on the evening of June 25 in a car repair shop on the Ormidia – Xylofagou road, within the British Bases of Dhekelia, has been postponed to Wednesday, July 24.
According to the Bases Police, during today's proceedings before the Court in Dhekelia, the new defense lawyer of 45-year-old Kostas Antoniou asked for a postponement until she studies the case file.
The court set next Wednesday, July 24, for the continuation of the proceedings, while until then the 45-year-old will be in custody.
It is recalled that Antoniou confessed to his act before the Bases Court, citing financial disputes he had with the victim, who was found dead with a head gunshot wound, in a car workshop outside Ormidia in the Larnaka district.
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A 29-year-old man has been arrested in Ayia Napa to facilitate police investigations into an ongoing case of assault on a police officer and resisting lawful arrest.
According to Konstantina Paraskeva, deputy spokesperson of the Famagusta Police Directorate, "members of the Famagusta ICF, who conducted examinations regarding an investigated burglary case, approached a person who had been identified as a suspect. When they informed him of the reasons for their presence and asked him to present his details, the 29-year-old pushed an ICF member and tried to escape."
As he said, "the suspect was pursued by the members of the Famagusta ICF and was stopped. During the arrest he resisted and as a result he was arrested for the flagrant offences of assaulting a police officer and resisting lawful arrest."
The 29-year-old was then taken to the Ayia Napa Police Officer and, after being charged in writing with the offences he committed, was released to be summoned to court later.
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