Five still in the prison document scandal examination carried out

On Tuesday, the authorities still examined the case of illegal transfer from the central prisons of thousands of documents that are characterized as “confidential” or “secret”, with five suspects still being custody.

The five suspects are four prison attendants and a female police cadet. They are kept as a survey by the police. Your examination regulations will take place next Friday. At this point, they would either be released or expanded their custody.

The suspects are connected to the discovery of official documents in the apartment of another prison attendant. The documents were found on April 10 in his residence as part of an examination of another case.

They are suspected to commit a conspiracy to commit a crime, conspiracy to commit a crime, abuse of power, violation of the official confidentiality, the violation of the data protection law and the illegal possession of property.

According to media reports, the material found in the prison attendant's house contained documents about the period 2018-2022, the architectural scheme of central prisons, the original documents, copies of documents with authentic signatures and files to prison inmates.

In a follow -up point on Tuesday, Daily said politician The police managed to narrow down the period in which the majority of the documents were removed from the central prisons – between November and December 2022.

Citing its sources, the newspaper said that the documents were removed from a staircase next to the administrative offices of the prisons. They were supposedly hidden in fabric bags. In some cases, a vehicle from the corrections was used.

As for the prison attendant, in whose house the documents were discovered, he is currently not in custody. He had previously been arrested, interviewed and held by the police. It was released as soon as his custody had expired.

But it is assumed that in this case he remains of interest.

The Cyprus mail understands.

They are accused of organizing a fraud in prisons and participating in a fraud in which a convicted article bought from the prison canteen and then sold them to other inmates at a pronounced price.

The fraud allegedly took place with the full knowledge and active participation of the overseer, who had taken a cut to look in the other direction.

When examining this case, the police found the official prison documents in the guardian house.

In the meantime, the material found in his apartment included the official correspondence between the prison authorities and other departments. Many of the documents are characterized by “confidential” or “secret”.

According to reports, the police also found CDs with video material from cameras in prisons.

According to Politis, the investigators want to answer two important questions: First, who approved the removal of the documents and secondly the reason why the documents were removed.