Serial criminals tells court that he is tired of going to prison

A man who had been sent to prison several times over various crimes told a court in north Cyprus on Friday that he was tired of going to prison.

The suspect, EK who disguised as a police officer and defrauded two exchange office of foreign currencies was arrested on Monday June 24.

He was charged with obtaining money by fraud" and "representing himself as a police officer when he is not a police officer" and was brought to court again on Friday.

The suspect was found to have been convicted of fraud many times.

Police said he disguised as a police officer and took a thousand dollars and a thousand pounds sterling by deceiving the employees of two different foreign exchange offices in Kyrenia and Famagusta and also had 90 criminal records. 

Police noted that the suspect at around 5.40pm on Monday, went in front of an exchange office operating in Gönyeli and introduced himself as a police officer and obtained money fraudulently by taking a thousand US dollars from one EA who was working there.

The suspect also went to another foreign exchange office operating in Gönyeli, around 6:00pm on the same day and asked for one thousand pounds in cash from Ö.N., who worked as a cashier there and said that he would bring the equivalent money from the car, but took the money and left the place.

Police said that the suspect was identified and arrested in Kyrenia on the same day, and that a thousand dollars and 930 pounds were found during the search carried out on him.

Police found that the suspect used similar methods between 19-22 June 2024, in Famagusta and Kyrenia, to collect a total of 18,799.20 TL, 5000 GBP from two separate persons and 90 Euros in cash were obtained fraudulently. Police stated that the suspect had 90 criminal records for similar crimes and requested that he be sent to prison.

The suspect claimed that he did not extort money from anyone and said, "I am tired of going to and from prison, I want to be integrated into society. I did not deceive anyone and take money, who would give a large amount of money to anyone and to someone they do not know?"

The judge ordered that the suspect be sent to prison for a period not exceeding one month.