Twelve cases of securing goods and services with false representations are being investigated by the police in Nicosia, with investigators from the District CID proceeding with the arrest of two persons to facilitate the investigations.
The twelve cases were committed between the dates of February 26 and March 15, 2022, in various shops in the capital.
According to the evidence under investigation, four unknown persons visited the above mentioned shops and after proceeding to purchase goods or services, paid with cheques of a specific company. However, it was subsequently discovered that the bank account to which the cheques corresponded was closed.
As revealed by police investigations, the cheques in question were located in an abandoned premises of that company
and were intended for destruction.
Further investigations revealed evidence against a 39-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, on the basis of which court warrants were issued for their arrest.
The 39-year-old woman and the 38-year-old man were arrested yesterday pursuant to the court warrants and taken into custody to facilitate investigations. Their arrest was followed by a search of their home, where a number of documents were located and seized which are believed to be part of the property seized using these cheques.
Nicosia CID is investigating the case.
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