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Egypt former anti-graft head gets jail term for exaggerating corruption

  CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – Egypt’s former anti-corruption chief was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison on charges of having exaggerated the impact of graft on the country. Hisham Geneina, head of the Central Auditing Authority until his dismissal in March by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, was also ordered to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (around $2,000). The retired judge’s troubles began after he quoted a study by the authority based on 2012-2015 reports that […]