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A Limassol court has ordered two women, aged 44 and 53, to remain in custody for five days as police investigate allegations they defrauded citizens of more than €150,000 in a property scam linked to the occupied territories.
According to police, the pair allegedly posed as intermediaries who could help people secure compensation and arrange the sale of real estate located in the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus. Investigators say that between October 2023 and May 2025, the women collected large sums of money from victims on at least four occasions by making false promises.
The suspects were brought before the Limassol District Court on Friday morning. Proceedings were briefly adjourned because of the workers' strike but later resumed with the judge ordering their five-day detention to assist the ongoing investigation.
The case involves potential charges of fraud and extortion through false pretenses, police said.
