Cypriot brothers’ case sent to lower court
The High Court in Suva has transferred the fraud case of two Cypriot nationals to the Magistrates Court in Suva.
Loizos Petridis, 42, and Cleanthis Petridis, 46, are facing charges involving the withdrawal of money from automated teller machines (ATMs) in Suva.
The two brothers are represented by Suva lawyer Filimoni Vosarogo.
The State prosecution was represented by Jayneeta Prasad and Saif Shah from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. They are facing one count each of obtaining property by deception, attempt to obtain property by deception and possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crimes.
Justice Thushara Rajasinghe adjourned the matter to be called before the Chief Magistrate on September 10.
The accused are remanded in custody.
The charges: Obtaining property by deception:
It is alleged that the brothers, between December 12 and December 19, 2017, at Suva, by deception, dishonestly obtained $12,500 from Bank of the South Pacific with the intention of permanently depriving BSP of the said amount.
Attempt to obtain property by deception:
It is alleged that between December 12 and December 19, 2017, at Suva, both brothers by deception attempted to dishonestly obtain $17,900 from Bank of South Pacific, with the intention of permanently depriving the bank of the said amount.
Possession charge
Possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime: It is alleged that the brothers, between December 12 and December 19, 2017, at Suva, possessed $203,011 that may reasonably be suspected of being proceeds of crime.