Corruption Charges: Ex-finance minister gets 30 years
Judge Magdi Ghoneim of the Cairo criminal court sentenced Ghali to 15 years for squandering public money.
CAIRO:
Former Egyptian finance minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was on Saturday sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia on corruption charges, an AFP correspondent said. Judge Magdi Ghoneim of the Cairo criminal court sentenced Ghali to 15 years for squandering public money by using cars held in customs and 15 years for abusing his position for personal gain from ministry funds. Ghali, who is out of the country and wanted by Interpol, has also been fined 70 million Egyptian pounds (around $11 million). He was also found guilty of having used the finance ministry’s resources for his personal electoral campaign, printing materials at the expense of the ministry.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2011.
Former Egyptian finance minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was on Saturday sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia on corruption charges, an AFP correspondent said. Judge Magdi Ghoneim of the Cairo criminal court sentenced Ghali to 15 years for squandering public money by using cars held in customs and 15 years for abusing his position for personal gain from ministry funds. Ghali, who is out of the country and wanted by Interpol, has also been fined 70 million Egyptian pounds (around $11 million). He was also found guilty of having used the finance ministry’s resources for his personal electoral campaign, printing materials at the expense of the ministry.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2011.