Semi government worker arrested for taking money meant for authority (updated)

A 43-year-old resident of Paphos and worker at a semi-government authority was on Sunday remanded for eight days by the paphos district court following his arrest on suspicion of forgery and taking money under false pretences.

Police said the arrest was for a case of theft by an employee, forgery, circulation of a forged document, obtaining money by false pretences and money laundering from illegal activities.

He was arrested following a complaint by the authority, reported to be the Electricity Authority (EAC).

According to the report to the police, the suspect allegedly took money that had been submitted to the authority along with applications. This happened between June 2022 and March 2023.

He reportedly took €32,000 from those applying for photovoltaic systems.