The conclusion of the Sports Ethics and Protection Committee (EDPA) for its investigation in relation to the Pancyprian Amateur Boxing Federation (POEP) can be described as a "punch below the waist in Cypriot sports".
The investigating officer, who was assigned the research work following a complaint made in the summer of 2025, concluded – on the basis of the testimony she received – that what is attributed to a specific factor in the sport is well-founded and needs to be investigated further.
And the testimonies he received, according to the information of "F", even speak of a possible forgery. In fact, he suggests that this should be criminally investigated by the Police.
The same information from our newspaper states that testimonies obtained speak of incompatible qualities, as well as other possible criminal acts, such as refusal to cooperate and provide information.
The complaint
The starting point for the assignment of the investigation to the investigating officer in question was a complaint that was brought before the Ministry of Interior and subsequently forwarded to the Cyprus Sports Organization. In fact, before the complaint was forwarded to the EDPA to be investigated competently, the Ministry had conducted a preliminary investigation to determine whether the complaint was well-founded.
Relatives
At a central point in the frame of the case is placed an official of the Federation who was anonymously accused of creating, supervising and in short absolutely controlling four clubs, which were alleged to be fictitious and all operate at the same address in a suburb of Nicosia.
At the same time, based on the complaint, these unions operated in his own space and he and five of his relatives had a decisive role in them. In this way, always according to the content of the allegation, the complainant controlled the Federation.
The office of the Superintendent of Associations and Foundations of the Ministry of the Interior is preliminarily investigating what is attributed by the anonymous complaint. It found that three of the four clubs do indeed declare the same mailing address. He also concluded that three of the four clubs have common coaches, with three of them having the same surname as the accused agent.
"Valid complaint"
This was followed by the forwarding of the case to the EDPA and the appointment of an investigating officer with specific terms of reference. The latter collected testimony from natural persons, as well as evidence, concluding, as "F" is informed, that the complaint is well-founded.
The conclusion presents the position of the accused person as burdened, as testimonies emerge against him on specific issues:
>> He has a simultaneous relationship as an official of the Federation and with the clubs.
>> From the testimonies it appears that the three clubs are based in the same place and may be virtual. In one case, it was found that an association based in a specific area does not pay any rent for the use of the building facilities.
>> The investigating officer expresses the position that five persons are related to the complainant.
>> One of the relatives of the complainant denied that she is registered as a coach, but has a helpful role. However, she is officially declared as a coach at the CSO for a grant.
>> Two of the four clubs included in the complaint do not comply with internal regulations. The heads of these associations claimed that the unions are inactive after a letter they made to officials, something that turned out to be not true.
>> Testimony emerged against the complainant that his qualities are intertwined and he even signs on behalf of other documents that - among other things - concern requests to the CMO for grants. In other words, there is a question of forgery.
>> In addition, the audited agent refused to give answers to some questions and there may be an offense that, according to the Law on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Events, constitutes the commission of a criminal offense.
>> There is a finding that states that the auditee has adopted practices that he considers legal, however, they are reprehensible under the law.
To the Prosecutor
The conclusion that results in important findings was delivered on September 9 to the Attorney General, Giorgos Savvidis and the Assistant Attorney General, Savvas Angelidis, by the chairman and vice-chairman of the Ethics Committee, Stefanos Skordis and Efthymios Efthymiou, respectively.
According to the legislation, the head of the Legal Service is the one who judges the fate of the case, i.e., the filing or forwarding to the Cyprus Police for further investigation. The procedure is carried out by competent officers of the Legal Service.
Another case has been registered against a football agent
Information from "F" states that a case was recently registered in the Court against a football agent, who is accused of offenses related to the dual capacity he held.
Besides, two cases that are characterized as resounding have taken the path of justice and are related to the revelations of "F" about the former president of the Cyprus Football Federation, Giorgos Koumas.
We remind you that the case of Mr. Koumas was registered last spring. On 6/5/2026, through his lawyers Christos Triantafyllidis and Marios Orphanides, he declared non-admission to the 25 charges he faces and the Judge, Charalambos-Marios Karapatakis, set the start of the hearing for November 23, 2026. He is facing 25 charges, 23 of which relate to incompatibility and the other two to money laundering for the amount of €6,562,447.
The charges concern the positions he held in the KOP (deputy president and later president) and the fact that he was a shareholder of two companies, TRIPLE AAA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED and TRIPLE AAA VILLAGE STUDIOS LTD.
The second case was also registered and has three persons as defendants related to the Federation and the productions of matches. These persons, during the investigation against Mr. Koumas, had refused to give information to the investigating officials of the EDPA.
It is noted that the Sports Ethics and Protection Committee, according to official data released at the end of last autumn, had forwarded a total of 26 case findings to the Attorney General's office by that time.
EDPA had conducted 69 investigations until 2025. Of these, 31 have been archived, while the findings for the aforementioned 26 have been forwarded to the Attorney General. 12 cases remained under investigation.
