Rumors about receiving fugitive Mohamed Ali from Spain 'unfounded': Official source

CAIRO - 2 August 2025: An official source confirmed Saturday that the rumors about arrangements to receive fugitive Mohamed Ali from Spain are unfounded.

The source added that if an official extradition request is made, it will be rejected unless he is wanted in connection with legal cases within the country.

On November 30, 2019, the Public Prosecution referred fugitive contractor Mohamed Ali to criminal court after Style Company for Interior Design filed a case charging him with fraud and illegal seizure of LE 11 million.

Ali fled to Spain where he posted videos criticizing the regime in September, and later moved to the United Kingdom. In January 2020, Ali posted a video in which he announced that he quit politics to return to his business and acting career after his protest call failed to draw any followers among the Egyptian people.

The fugitive businessman has previously called the Egyptian people to protest on the anniversary of the January 25 revolution in 2020. However, his invitation was disregarded as the streets were empty.

In 2020, Cairo’s Tax Evasion Misdemeanor Court sentenced on Saturday fugitive Egyptian businessman and contactor Mohamed Ali and his partner Howayda Khalil Mahmoud to 5 years in prison and bailed them LE100,000 each for VAT evasion.

In 2023, An Egyptian court ruled that fugitive contractor Mohamed Ali, currently residing in Spain, be imprisoned for three years with a bail of LE 200,000 and a fine of LE1.35 million.