Thursday 25/December/2025 – 02:21 PM
Cairo 24 obtained the full list of charges and the text of the order to refer businessman Omar M. A. M. R., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Trade Company – Dandy Mega Mall, and others, to criminal trial, accusing him of seizing more than 440 million pounds of the company’s funds and the rest of the shareholders and forging official documents.
We publish the order to refer the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dandy Mega Mall to trial
The case was No. 14319 of 2025, Kerdasa District Felony, and was registered under No. 5901 of 2025 in North Giza. It was investigated under the supervision of Counselor Amir Fathi, the first general attorney for the North Giza Public Prosecution.
According to the referral order, the first defendant, who is the brother of the person killed in the famous “Arcadia Mall” incident in 2001, the grandson of the former Minister of Transport and Communications, and the relative of the family of the former Minister of Tourism, Zuhair Jarana, seized illegally and with the intention of ownership, in conjunction with other defendants from the company’s leadership, the amount of 440 million and 972 thousand and 843 pounds during the period from 2021 until the end of 2023.
The name “Rouhi” carries a special weight in public memory, as the accused is the brother of Mahmoud M.A.R., the owner of the “limousine” company, who was killed in the famous murder incident known in the media as the “Arcadia Mall murder,” which occurred on April 12, 2001 inside the “Pomo Duro” disco located on the upper floor of the mall.
The details of this crime go back to a quarrel that broke out between two young men, sons of wealthy businessmen, over competition for one of the girls, which ended with Omar A., the owner of an import and export company, directing a penetrating stab to the heart to the victim, killing him instantly, before a final ruling was issued by the Court of Cassation with life imprisonment against the killer.
The referral list included other defendants, all of whom were administrative leaders within the company, and they are: “Sharif M., R.M., 54 years old, freed from prison, member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the “International Trade Company – Dandy Mega Mall,” and Murad M.A., 61 years old, freed from the company’s financial director.”
The prosecution brought joint charges against them as they held leadership positions in the company during the period when the incidents were committed.
According to what was detailed in the referral order, the defendants, during the period from 2021 to December 31, 2023, and in the Kardasa Police Station Department in Giza Governorate, took advantage of their job positions within the “International Trade Company – Dandy Mega Mall.”
The prosecution confirmed that they illegally and with the intent to seize money owned by a joint-stock company, amounting to 440 million and 972 thousand and 843 pounds, which is the amount that – according to the prosecution – represents the funds of the company and the rest of the shareholders, as detailed in the investigation records.
This value is one of the largest amounts of seizure witnessed in joint stock company cases in recent years, which places the case under the sphere of judicial and economic interest.
The accusations did not stop at the confiscation of the company’s public money, but rather extended to participating in the forgery of official documents.
The prosecution stated that the defendants participated, by means of agreement and assistance, with another person, “Ahmed A.A.A.A., in forging documents belonging to one of the joint-stock companies, which is the “International Trade Company – Dandy Mega Mall.”
The forged documents included 3 attendance sheets for members of the Board of Directors dated: March 31, 2022, March 30, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
According to the referral order, the forgery was carried out by proving false facts in the form of true facts, which was represented by proving the attendance of the victim, “Wasimi Al-Din M.A.R., at the company’s General Assembly sessions on those dates, despite his not actually attending, and contrary to the truth and reality.
The prosecution explained that the defendants provided the secretary with the necessary data to be proven in the forged documents, with full knowledge that they were incorrect, so the latter proved those data and signed them in the name of the victim, which completed the elements of the crime of forgery.
The matter did not stop at forgery only, as the prosecution attributed to the defendants “the use of forged documents,” by submitting them to the “General Authority for Investment and Free Zones” in order to rely on the data contained therein, despite their full knowledge of their forgery.
The prosecution charged the defendants with committing felonies punishable by Articles: 40 (second and third), 41, 113 bis/1, 118, 118 bis, and 214 bis/1 of the Penal Code. The referral order was also based on Articles: 167, third paragraph, 210, 214, 201 of the Code of Criminal Procedure amended by Law No. 170 of the year 1981.
Based on the above, the Public Prosecution issued its decision to refer the case to the Cairo Court of Appeal to determine the competent criminal chamber for review, assign a lawyer to defend the accused, attach a criminal status sheet to each accused, and officially notify the accused of the referral order.
This case opens the door to a criminal trial that combines seizing the funds of a joint-stock company, forging official documents, and using them before a government agency, against prominent names in the world of finance and business, with the legal and economic repercussions that this carries.
