Egypt former finance minister gets 25 years in absentia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 file photo, Egyptian former Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali attends a meeting at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. An Egyptian court has sentenced, in absentia, former finance minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali to 25 years in prison on charges of squandering public funds. Egypt’s state news agency reported Tuesday, April 23, 2013, that Ghali, a nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, was found guilty of squandering around $3.6 million during his final years in the post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (The Associated Press)
An Egyptian court has sentenced a former finance minister to 25 years in prison on charges of squandering public funds.
Egypt's state news agency reported Tuesday that Yousef Boutros-Ghali was found guilty of squandering around $3.6 million during his final years in the post.
He has been convicted on similar charges in past cases.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Boutros-Ghali is a nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and is believed to be in London.
Because he has been tried in absentia, he is allowed a retrial and all verdicts can be overturned upon his return.
A Cairo court is also due to issue a verdict later this month in a case involving Boutros-Ghali and the country's former prime minister, Ahmed Nazif, and former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, who are both imprisoned in Cairo.