A legal case involving a 67-year-old mother and her 31-year-old son is currently pending before the Limassol District Court. The mother has filed a complaint against her son, alleging misconduct.
According to confirmed information from philenews, the accused is alleged to have secured €370,000 by selling his mother’s property without her knowledge.
The 31-year-old, in order to get rid of some people who lent him money, is alleged to have forged his mother’s signature and with a forged power of attorney sold two apartments in a coastal area of the Larnaca province at a ridiculous price.
Additionally, he fabricated a sales agreement for another two houses of the complainant in Limassol.
The case was reported by the complainant around mid-January 2024, and the 31-year-old accused was arrested by the Limassol CID and remanded in custody.
Yesterday, he was brought back to court where the case was registered.
The police requested that the accused remain in custody until the trial begins, with his lawyer, Marina Lavithia, not objecting to the request, reserving her right for the next procedure.
According to the complaint and what the complainant alleged, everything started last August when the 31-year-old constantly asked her for money, telling her that he owed friends who had lent him money.
The 67-year-old withdrew €40,000 from the bank and paid off three people from whom her son allegedly borrowed money, without the latter informing her of the reason he was borrowing.
After much pressure, the 31-year-old revealed to his mother that he owed some people €250,000, telling her that he would go to jail.
The 67-year-old decided to help him and bail her son out by going to the Land Registry to sell properties she owned.
Then, she found out that, using a forged power of attorney bearing her signature, two apartments she owned in the Larnaca province had been sold.
Furthermore, she found out that there was also a sales agreement deposited at the Land Registry for the houses in Limassol.
As alleged by the 67-year-old, the apartments had been transferred to individuals she did not know, while the two houses in Limassol were purchased by a foreign person, which she also did not know.
After reporting to the authorities, the 31-year-old was arrested by the Limassol CID.
As reported by Phileleftheros, during interrogation, he is alleged to have confessed that he made these sales as he had been addicted to online gambling in recent years, specifically to football betting.
Due to the large sum of money he borrowed from some people, he claimed that he decided to sell his mother’s immovable property to pay off his debts.
The accused faces charges of forgery, circulation of a forged document, fraudulent transactions of real estate, drafting documents without authority, embezzlement by false pretences, fraud in sale, and laundering of proceeds from illegal activities, with the amount reaching €370,000.
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