The Legal Service has issued instructions for the prosecution of two individuals in connection with a case involving the influencing of an elderly complainant in an extortion and property demand case under threat. The offences are believed to have been committed in the Larnaca and Famagusta districts on 10 June.
Police announced the arrest of a 49‑year‑old in connection with the offence of obstructing a police investigation conducted with the aim of initiating legal proceedings. The case file was submitted to the Legal Service for review, after which instructions were given to prosecute both the 49‑year‑old and a 51‑year‑old man, who is alleged to have acted as an intermediary. The case has been registered before the Famagusta District Court for trial.
More specifically, the 49‑year‑old was arrested on the basis of a court warrant in connection with an ongoing investigation into conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour and obstruction of a police investigation. He has been detained to assist with inquiries.
He is the brother of a 44‑year‑old businessman who was remanded in custody last week along with three other individuals, two men and one woman, in connection with a case under investigation in Larnaca involving the activities of a criminal organisation and offences of extortion, demanding property by threats and money laundering.
In this case, four individuals remain in custody under court orders: the 44‑year‑old businessman from Larnaca, a 42‑year‑old accountant from Nicosia, a 49‑year‑old inmate in the Central Prisons described as having an extensive criminal record, and a 45‑year‑old woman from Larnaca district. The complainant is a 77‑year‑old man.
Police say they have evidence that over the past four to five years the four suspects, through various schemes and threats, managed to extract large sums of money from the 77‑year‑old.
