Man remanded over fake marriages

A 30-year-old man from India was remanded on Monday for eight days in connection with sham marriages.

According to police reports, the man was arrested after two women from Bulgaria reported that he and another man, also from India, had tricked them into coming to Cyprus on the pretence of helping them find work but instead the two men asked the women to marry them for a €1,000 fee.

The suspect allegedly told them that if they agreed to travel to Germany with them, they would get an additional €3,000.

The suspect, police said, had paid for the two women’s flight tickets from Bulgaria. They arrived at Larnaca airport on February 2 and they were transferred to Nicosia by the suspect and the other man, where they were taken to an apartment to stay.

The two women had allegedly agreed to travel to Cyprus because they were under the impression the suspect would help them find jobs.

 

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