Court rejects bail bid for Larnaca businessman in fraud case

The Permanent Criminal Court of Larnaca today rejected a request for the conditional release from a 44-year-old businessman from Larnaca, who is one of four people accused of defrauding an elderly man of tens of thousands of euros.

It was the third time a court has rejected the businessman’s request for release since his arrest last June alongside three co-accused: a 42-year-old businessman from Nicosia, a 49-year-old man already facing trial, and a 45-year-old woman....