Pafos Live 25 April 2025
A report has been made to the Police by a 77-year-old man, that he fell victim to online fraud, resulting in the loss of the sum of €142,000.
According to the data under examination, in June 2024, the 77-year-old spotted an online advertisement regarding investment plans.
After following the relevant registration process, he received phone calls from people allegedly abroad, which convinced him that it was a real investment platform.
In the period from September 2024 to February 2025, the complainant made a total of 27 monetary transactions, sending money to various bank accounts abroad, resulting in the loss of the sum of €142,000.
The investigation of the case continues by the Nicosia Crime Detection Department
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The Police arrested yesterday a 23-year-old man who was wanted for facilitating investigations in a case of conspiracy to commit a felony, assault causing grievous bodily harm, mob and other offenses, committed in Paphos, in the early hours of March 30, 2025.
This is the fifth arrest involving the beating of five Pafiakos volleyball players during the celebration of the conquest of the Cyprus Cup.
It is recalled that while the volleyball players of Pafiakos were having fun, having with them the Cup they won earlier, a group of patrons of the same recreation center asked to lift the cup as well, a request that the players satisfied.
However, the alleged perpetrators of the incident began to exhibit anti-social behaviour, initially refusing to give back the cup and then, after handing it over, they refused to give some bottles of drinks that were inside.
The people of the club reacted to this behaviour and things got out of hand with five people attacking players, beating them and sending them to the hospital.
On duty, doctors found that two of them had fractures of the nasal bone, while the other three had lighter wounds.
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The authorities consider the frequent fires in the Paphos district and these first months of the summer season to be the work of arsonists who in most cases act simply to create problems and without obvious targeting.
On the occasion of yesterday's fire that broke out in the community of Skoulli in the Chrysochous district and which is considered malicious after five different outbreaks were identified, officials of the Fire Brigade and representatives of the Local Government authorities of Paphos denounce that the fires that have already been recorded in the province for two months now point towards the side of malicious actions people who are pyromaniacs and who act without specific targeting. For this reason, they stress, the involvement of local communities in dealing with such actions is of paramount importance.
Yesterday's fire broke out in a rural area and for its complete extinguishing was a coordinated operation of the firefighting forces in progress from the very first moment. It burned areas with trees, crops, irrigation hoses, wild vegetation and dry grasses, while it was kept away from residential areas. Two Air Tractor firefighting planes of the Forestry Department, forces of the Fire Service, the Forestry Department, the Game Service and crews of the local authorities, who created fire zones, rushed to the scene and are operating.
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A fire in a vehicle owned by a 70-year-old Greek Cypriot, pensioner, permanent resident of Aradippou, broke out around 01:00 in the early hours of Friday (25/04).
The fire was extinguished both by the owner who noticed the fire and by the Fire Service.
The fire caused extensive damage to the rear. No person was injured.
From preliminary examinations carried out, indications of flammable matter were identified.
The scene is expected to be scientifically examined later in the day to ascertain the exact causes.
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The Police, in the context of an investigation into a case of injury to a 27-year-old man held in custody, which occurred on April 21, 2025, at the Central Prison, yesterday proceeded to the arrest of three people.
They are three men, aged 34, 28 and 26, who are being held as convicts in the Central Prison. The three arrested, after being interrogated, were charged in writing.
They are being investigated for offences relating to conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted murder, acts aimed at causing grievous bodily harm, as well as causing injury.
The investigation of the case continues by the Nicosia TAE.
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A new postponement in the naturalization case with the former Minister of Transport, Marios Dimitriadis, and nine other natural and legal persons as defendants.
The representative of the prosecution, Anna Matthaiou, today requested time from the Nicosia Assize Court, citing witness material that emerged and which should also be transmitted to the defense counsels.
Her request was accepted and the next trial was set for May 21.
The eight natural and two legal persons in the order mentioned in the indictment, as well as the amounts of the guarantees: Marios Dimitriadis – Personal guarantee €100,000, Andreas Dimitriadis – Personal guarantee €100,000, Dimitris Dimitriadis – Personal guarantee €100,000, Giorgos Dimitriadis – Personal guarantee €100,000, Eleni Simillidi – Personal guarantee €60,000, Jing Wang – Cash guarantee €100,000, Josef Friedrich Santin – Personal guarantee €60,000, Vasiliki Georgiou-Santin – Personal guarantee €60,000, Andreas Demetriades & Co LLC, Delsk (Cyprus) Business Services Ltd.
The charges, as we had noted in our previous publication, are a total of 59 and are related to corruption, tithing, conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. The Police have reason to believe that offences have arisen in connection with the naturalisations of 19 Asian investors. According to the evidence collected by the investigators, a man who is married to a former embassy employee and was able to have contact with Chinese investors played a catalytic role in attracting interested parties. The money, according to the findings, was paid by those interested in obtaining a Cypriot passport and then, through companies, part of the amounts of the investments ended up in a third party.
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A patrol of the Limassol ADE detected at 02:50 in the morning two young persons moving suspiciously on Agias Fylaxeos Street in Limassol. The members of the patrol called the two young men to stop and it was found that they smelled strongly flammable material and that they had in their pockets two small plastic water bottles containing gasoline while one of the two had a lighter with him.
From a check carried out, it was found that they were both minors, with one 15 1/2 years old, and the 2nd, 13 years old.
The minors, according to information from the Police, seem to have been joking, having previously lit fires in the street.
The young man, 15 1/2 years old, at 03:05, was arrested and they were both taken to the Agios Ioannis Police Station while the plastic bottles with gasoline and the lighter were taken as evidence. The 13-year-old was handled in accordance with the provisions of the legislation for children in conflict with the law, while the 15 1/2-year-old appeared before the District Court and a detention order was secured against him for one day.
The parents of the above minors were summoned to the Agios Ioannis Police Station, while the guardian of the 13-year-old is being investigated for a case of inadequate supervision of a minor under 14 years of age.
The Police Station of Agios Ioannis is examining the case.
