Ex-commissioner charged with forging CV

Former volunteerism commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki was officially charged with the alleged forgery of his academic documents, which landed him well-paid jobs in the government.

According to reports, Yiannaki has been slapped with 18 charges, including forging official documents on his CV.

Yiannaki was forced to resign from his post in 2021 amid a police investigation ordered by the auditor-general after evidence emerged that he manipulated his high school diploma grades and included a fake college degree on his CV.

In May 2021, the auditor general Odysseas Michaelides spotted several discrepancies that Yiannaki’s academic qualifications submitted for government appointment had been forged.

According to the allegations, Yiannaki had manipulated his translated high school report card while also handing in a college degree which appears to be fake.