Pafos Live 15 August 2024
Police arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of usurping Greek Cypriot property located in the occupied areas of the Republic at noon.
The 25-year-old suspect was arrested under a court warrant at Paphos airport, where he had gone to depart for another European country. He was detained and tomorrow he is expected to be brought before a Court for a detention order for the purpose of investigating the case.
A case of fraudulent transactions in immovable property belonging to another person, illegal possession, possession and use of land registered to another person and money laundering is being investigated against him.
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An operation was organized last night by members of the Pafos anti-drug service.
They searched the apartment of a 21-year-old Greek man in Paphos following a report of drug trafficking. Only 27 grams of cannabis were found, but tests are ongoing.
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Another seven nightclub owners were reported last night in Paphos. They do not have a license to broadcast music or even a license to sell alcoholic beverages.
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A new case of online fraud and extortion of a large amount of money is being investigated by the Police, following a complaint filed today with the ICF of Pafos, a 67-year-old man.
According to what the 67-year-old reported to the ICF, last July, he transferred a sum of money amounting to €200,000 from his bank account to an account that he believed belonged to a bank abroad, in order to buy and invest in bank bonds. However, as he later discovered, the account to which he sent the money did not belong to the banking institution, but to an unknown person, who deceived him.
The 67-year-old had previously searched for and located online the specific investment plan in bank bonds and via e-mail, contacted a person who presented himself to him as an officer of the banking institution and who used an e-mail account almost identical to the real e-mail of the banking institution. Through the email, the suspect told the 67-year-old the details of a bank account, to which the 67-year-old sent the amount of €200,000, for the purchase of bonds, but later realized that this is not the bank account of the banking institution, but belongs to an unknown suspicious beneficiary.
The case is being investigated by the ICF of Pafos.
On the occasion of this new case of electronic fraud, the Police once again calls on the public to be particularly careful in their electronic transactions.
In this form of fraud, perpetrators create and use e-mails that are almost identical to those of a real natural or legal person, partner or company. By contacting the fake e-mail and pretending to be the natural or legal person, partner or company concerned, the perpetrators claim that their bank account has been changed and request that any transactions or payments be made to a new account, the details of which they mention.
To avoid being deceived, the public is asked to always be very careful. Before proceeding with such transactions, it is encouraged to contact partners or companies by phone for verification. Such communication should always take place through telephone numbers, used in previous conversations with partners or companies, or through telephone numbers that are disclosed.
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Police have arrested a 41-year-old man to facilitate investigators in an ongoing case of carrying weapons to incite terror, shooting shots and assault.
According to an announcement by the Office of the Communication Branch of the Police Headquarters, members of the Police proceeded on Wednesday to arrest a 41-year-old man, for the purpose of investigating a case of carrying weapons to incite terror, shooting, and assault.
According to the evidence under investigation, shortly after noon on Wednesday in a village in the Paphos district, the 41-year-old suspect allegedly approached, insulted and threatened a couple of men and women, aged 47 and 40 respectively, while they were in their car preparing to leave a farm where they had gone for lunch.
The 41-year-old then allegedly attacked the 47-year-old man, hitting him with his hands and trying to pull him out of the car, with the 47-year-old managing to start his vehicle and fleeing the attack.
Shortly after, after the 41-year-old suspect left the scene with his car, he returned to the area, where he allegedly fired two shots in the air, with a shotgun, while shortly after, while members of the Police were conducting examinations in the area, two more shots were fired.
A court warrant was issued against the 41-year-old for police examinations. He was located and arrested by members of the Police yesterday afternoon and taken into custody.
