Arrest warrant issued for fraud suspect

A 55-YEAR-OLD woman is accused of stealing more than one million euros

from individuals who inadvertently gave her the authority to manage bank accounts in their name, all at the same banking institution.

The woman had been handling the accounts of 240 individuals. About thirty-five people had formally complained up to yesterday, Nicosia CID said.

More than seventy are expected to file a complaint.

Nicosia CID have issued an arrest warrant but the woman is currently a patient at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital. She will be arrested after she is released from care, police said.

A number of complaints are pending against the woman including theft, forgery and circulating forged documents.

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