A Cairo State Security prosecution accused Egypt's former top auditor Hisham Geneina of "spreading false news in order to disturb public order" Thursday afternoonover his report claiming that theft by public officials has cost the treasury EGP 600 billion since 2012. The State prosecution also ordered his release on bail for EGP 10,000. According to Geneina's lawyer Ali Taha, the former top auditor refused to pay bail and warned his legal team against paying in it on his behalf. In January, Egypt's prosecutor general issued a gag order on Geneina's report. In March, a presidential decree dismissed Geneina from his post and appointed his deputy, Hesham Badawy, as the acting head of the Central Auditing Agency. In the same month,the State Security prosecutors said that Geneina had exaggerated the sums lost to corruption by referring to violations that took place prior to 2012, and that he had abused his position as head auditor in gathering documents to make his case. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/219172.aspx
