One of 11 suspects accused by the US of spying for Russia has gone missing after being freed on bail on Cyprus. The man, a Canadian, named by police as Christopher Metsos, was due to sign in at a police station in the coastal town of Larnaca but did not show up.
He was held at Larnaca airport on Tuesday as he tried to board a plane to Budapest, a day after the US said it had held 10 other suspects. Mr Metsos was awaiting a hearing for extradition to the US. He failed to sign in on Wednesday evening as ordered by the court, police say.
Accused of money laundering, he was released on bail of €26,500 (£21,700; $32,500) to await an extradition hearing scheduled for 29 July. He had been staying alone at a hotel in Larnaca for nearly two weeks and was said by local media to have been carrying a US passport.
Aged 54 or 55, he is depicted by US prosecutors as the alleged spy ring’s shadowy money man, visiting the US as early as 2004 to deliver bags of cash to its members.
Any sign of him in the harbour bars in Girne?
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