Some Land Registry employees believe they represent Saint Peter on earth said Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides at a meeting of the House ethics committee, deciding who will go to Heaven or Hell when it comes to property issues.
€3.6 million has been requested by the Interior Ministry to help clear the backlog of cases at the Land Registries involving Title Deeds, boundary disputes, etc. and to pay associated expenses.
The situation in the Limassol Land Registry is chaotic with complaints of dodgy practices, bogus claims for travel expenses and overtime pay, co-workers covering for each other, etc.
Various cases of possible corruption at the Land Registry have been uncovered by the Cyprus Auditor General, Odysseas Michaelides, together with tax evasion by lawyers and doctors and under-charging.
A number of land registry officials were taking bribes according to an internal audit and are under investigation for corruption; warrants have been issued to locate the money they took.
