85 victims have filed reports to the Financial and Commercial Affairs' Prosecution against businessman Nabil al-Boushi and his partner Fekry Badr, board chairman of Optima Securities Co. They said al-Boushi deceived them and took $210 million. In the investigations, a number of victims told the prosecution that they had deposited their money in the defendant's company because they trusted him. Senior officials have also deposited millions of pounds in the same company, the victims said, denying that they signed any papers exonerating the company in case of losses, as claimed by al-Boushi's lawyer.
The Public Fund Investigation has found a list with the names of the depositors while it was searching Optima Co. The company's employees confirmed that the victims - including officials in various ministries – had denied depositing money in the company and that the matter was nothing but mere similarity of names. Speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the victims' lawyers said they would submit important documents to Cairo Criminal Court, which would consider the request of the Public Prosecutor to impound the defendants' money. It has been proved that the defendant has three villas, four apartments in Cairo, five cars and plots of land. Today, a committee formed by the Public Prosecutor will start disclosing the secret accounts of the defendants in banks and in the stock exchange.
On the other hand, a victim, Qubtan Skandari, has revealed new details and secrets concerning the case. He said he managed to hack the defendant's computer and obtained a list with the names of the victims, the sums they deposited and the benefits they received. He added that the defendant was unveiled when a UAE woman filed a report saying he had received one million UAE dirhams from her. He added that al-Boushi changed the passwords of the victims' accounts as soon as the crisis started and that he deluded the victims into having relations with top officials. In an exclusive interview to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the Deputy Chairman of Al-Ahli Club Mahmoud Al-Khatib said he had deposited only $228,000 in al-Boushi's company on four batches. He added that he had received two contracts and two trust receipts from al-Boushi. Al-Khatib added that he had got 50% of the paid sums as profits last year. He denied paying $1 million to al-Boushi, pointing out that his lawyer will file an official report tomorrow to Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud against al-Boushi.
