CAIRO - Egypt denied reports that there were Egyptians employed by the Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad to collaborate with an Egyptian businessman suspected of spying for Israel and attempting to recruit spies in Syria and Lebanon. "The suspects in this case are two Israelis along with Egyptian trader Tareq Abdel Raziq, who tried to lie about the presence of another Egyptian spy," a judicial official was quoted as saying. He added that Abdel Raziq's confessions about another Egyptian spy, dubbed by Israelis as "the professor", were baseless. "That was a naive way that could never be adopted by an intelligence service," the official said. Egypt's State Security prosecutors last week charged Abdel Raziq and two Israeli Mossad officers with recruiting agents in Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon to spy for Israel. Only the Egyptian suspect was arrested last August as the two Israelis are asked to be nabbed by the International Police. The hearings will start in Cairo on January 15. Abdel Raziq allegedly received $7,500 dollars to search for potential agents working for telecommunication companies in the three countries that could spy for Israel. "During the questioning, Abdel Raziq told investigators that his Syrian counterpart was paid 1.5 million dollars to provide Israel with information on Syrian nuclear activities," the judicial official said. The Syrian intelligence official, named Saleh Al-Nijm, provided Israel with information on the whereabouts of an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor, which probably led to the bombing of the facility in 2007, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. For his part, Abdel Raziq allegedly received 37,000 dollars from Israel in payment for his activities. Syria denied that the bombed structure was a nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, Israel has not officially said it was behind the 2007 attack, but a US government cable released by WikiLeaks earlier this month named Israel as responsible.