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28th March 2024
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Corrupt lawyers continue to plunder estates

Corrupt lawyersin Cyprus continue to plunder the estates of their deceased clients by calculating their fees for administering estates on the Cyprus Bar Association's 'Minimum Fee Regulations', which were abolished in 2018

Chinese targeted by property scammers

Scammers in Paphos claiming to be middlemen of major developers have taken money from a Chinese woman who subsequently discovered that the land she had paid for did not belong to the seller.

Chinese buyers scammed

Several dozen Chinese families buying property Cyprus have reported being scammed by unlicensed real estate agents who take advantage of foreign buyers according to Marinos Kynegirou.

Fraudsters target property sellers

People selling property in Cyprus are being targeted by fraudsters claiming to be from a company called 'Prime Consortium' who are trying to obtain their bank account details in return for a 10 per cent deposit.

False Immovable Property Tax declarations

There is evidence that a property developer has made false Immovable Property Tax declarations to the authorities, which has resulted in his customers receiving IPT notices from the Inland Revenue.

More arrests in property scam

Communist party AKEL has become embroiled in a property scam following the arrest of two members of its politburo alleged to have been involved the sale of Turkish Cypriot owned land.

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