Asyut court sentences telecom sales rep to 10 years in absentia for forging phone contracts

The Asyut Criminal Court sentenced a telecom sales representative in absentia to 10 years in prison for forging contracts and registering lines under a citizen's name.

• The First Circuit of the Asyut Criminal Court sentenced the defendant in absentia to 10 years in prison on Thursday.
• The sales representative forged three We telecom subscription contracts and registered lines with Etisalat and Orange under the victim's name.
• The victim, a natural-gas technician, discovered the lines after being told of a police report against him over threatening messages sent from his number.
• A forensic medicine report confirmed the defendant had written the contract data and forged the victim's signatures.