Official and lawmaker filmed pledging to support application from fictitious investor with criminal record
Cyprus has scrapped a lucrative programme granting citizenship to wealthy investors after a top state official and a veteran lawmaker were filmed in an undercover documentary pledging to support a passport application from a fictitious investor with a supposed criminal record.
Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Tuesday the Cabinet had accepted a recommendation by the minsters of the interior and finance to cancel altogether the “golden passport” scheme that has netted billions of euros over several years.
Continue reading…Official and lawmaker filmed pledging to support application from fictitious investor with criminal recordCyprus has scrapped a lucrative programme granting citizenship to wealthy investors after a top state official and a veteran lawmaker were filmed in an undercover documentary pledging to support a passport application from a fictitious investor with a supposed criminal record.Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said on Tuesday the Cabinet had accepted a recommendation by the minsters of the interior and finance to cancel altogether the “golden passport” scheme that has netted billions of euros over several years. Continue reading…