Cairo court shifts car-fraud businessman's money-laundering trial to another circuit

Egypt's Economic Court on Sunday referred businessman Amir El-Hilali's money-laundering trial to a new circuit for continued proceedings.

• The court referred El-Hilali's money-laundering case to a new circuit, with a hearing date to be set later.
• Courts previously sentenced El-Hilali, known in media as the "car scammer," to three years in each case, totaling 360 years for fraud and bad checks.
• An appeal court upheld three-year sentences in 10 fraud cases, amounting to a total of 30 years.
• Prosecution investigations alleged he defrauded citizens of about 2 billion Egyptian pounds by claiming to import cars at below-market prices.