Bailing out: Ahmad Fahmi released in huge Cairo bank fraud case

Published January 18th, 2013 - 09:39 GMT
Ahmad Fahmi.
Ahmad Fahmi.

Multi-talented Egyptian actor and former Arab Idol star, Ahmad Fahmi, has been released on bail following an appeal against a court sentence for money laundering.

The Al Sayidah Zaynab Court in Cairo released Fahmi on 10,000 Egyptian pounds bail after he was given a 15-day jail term for laundering 800,000 Egyptian pounds.

Fahmi had claimed on his Twitter account the dosh was in fact his own, and that the Cairo bank that brought the charges against him was trying to steal his savings.

Tell us what you think: Is Fahmi guilty? Is there more to the case than we're being told?

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