Sunday 05/April/2026 – 07:03 AM
Today, Sunday, the Damanhour Criminal Court witnessed the first session of the trial of a gang consisting of 4 defendants, accused of forging a bank guarantee letter attributed to the “Cairo Bank” worth 41 million pounds, with the aim of seizing the right to manage and operate the Damanhour livestock market.
Today.. the first trial sessions of the tenant of the livestock market in Damanhour and others on charges of forging a letter of guarantee worth 41 million pounds.
Investigations by the Public Prosecution Office in central Damanhour, under the supervision of Counselor Amr Awad, Attorney General, revealed an “elaborate” scheme in which both “Mohamed R. A,” a transport driver, and “Mohamed A. A,” a livestock trader, participated in imprisonment, along with other fugitive defendants.
The group agreed with an unknown person to fabricate a forged bank guarantee letter dated July 1, 2025, covered with forged seals and signatures falsely attributed to Banque du Caire officials, and to present it as a “final insurance” to Beheira Governorate following the award of the livestock market lease bid to the first accused.
The prosecution heard the testimony of Dina Al-Sayed Attia Al-Sharif, Director General of Financial Affairs in Beheira Governorate, who sparked the case, stressing that administrative vigilance led to inquiring about the letter, only to find out that it was “fake” and had not been issued by the bank, which would have led, if the contract was completed, to a massive waste of public money.
The Public Prosecution also heard the testimony of Mahmoud Wahba Al-Elimi, the lawyer of the Bank of Cairo, before the prosecution, that the document was “totally fabricated” and that the seals had nothing to do with the bank, while the investigations of the Public Funds Investigations confirmed the veracity of the incident and the involvement of the accused in the planning and implementation. The indictment presented by the Public Prosecution included participation in the forgery of an official document, imitation of the seals of a state agency, and the use of a forged document with knowledge of its forgery.
The Public Prosecution decided to continue the detention of the first and second defendants pending the case, while assigning the security authorities to quickly arrest and bring in the third and fourth fugitive defendants, “Ahmed R.A” and “Ashraf J.A.”
