Egypt Ex-Oil Minister Fahmy Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
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Sameh Fahmy, Egypt’s oil minister under the rule of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges related to gas exports to Israel, a Cairo criminal court said in a faxed statement today.
Businessman Hussein Salem was also sentenced to 15 years in jail on the same charges of selling gas to Israel at below-market prices, costing Egypt $715 million, according to the court’s statement.