Christos Christodoulides absconded from a U.K. prison after a 2005 sentence for immigration fraud. He was allowed to serve his sentence in 2023 and 2024 under house arrest in Cyprus. He continued to practice law during that time. Now, the Cyprus Bar Association has ordered his legal license suspended for 14 months, beginning December 17. The suspension is equal to “the period during which he practiced the profession while serving his sentence,” the bar association said.
Source: OCCRP, 2025-12-06; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/lawyer-who-absconded-from-uk-prison-will-have-cypriot-legal-license-suspended