Police hunt dud cheques suspect

LIMASSOL police are looking for a foreigner suspected of cashing forged US dollar traveller’s cheques at various Bank of Cyprus branches this week.

According to a police report, a transactions supervisor at the Bank’s central branch in Limassol became suspicious when on December 24, a foreigner cashed several $100 traveller’s cheques at various branches of the Bank of Cyprus.

After examining the cheques, the supervisor discovered they were fake and notified the police.

The man is described as being either Russian or Ukrainian, between 20 and 25 years old, and with short black hair. He is thin and about 1.75 metres tall.

 

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