Theft

Egyptian President Sisi updated on measures combating electricity theft

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 - 04:28 GMT

President El-Sisi gave directives to intensify efforts pertinent to ongoing projects in the field of renewable energy to add new capacities to the electrical grid, in addition to the necessity to develop the grid using the latest technologies to accommodate and transfer energy with the highest efficiency and minimal loss.

Police arrest 2 men accused of stealing house of Liverpool star Mohamed Salah in Cairo

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 01:52 GMT

Police have arrested two men on accusations of stealing the house of Liverpool star Mohamed Salah in New Cairo only two days after the theft was reported, the Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday.

Theft of Winston Churchill’s most iconic picture in Canada remains unsolved

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 - 12:06 GMT

It is not clear how the thieve(s) did it. Was it a covert operation carried out under the cloak of darkness?

LE 2.7M stolen from clients of Banque Misr

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 - 04:48 GMT

In a statement published on its official Facebook page, the bank noted a fraud that occurred in a branch of it in the city of Samalout, located in Minya Governorate, but did not provide details in the statement.

Maadi murder: suspects admit theft, deny killing intention

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 - 09:08 GMT

TV Host Amr Adib aired on Friday a video of the confessions of the two thieves who robbed and killed a 25-year-old woman in Maadi on Tuesday.

Egyptian police handles thousands of cases in 1 week

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 - 07:07 GMT

The Ministry of Interior released on Saturday a statement detailing its achievements over one week.

Ministry reveals electricity theft through prepaid meters

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 - 01:16 GMT

A number of prepaid meters users have been illegally getting electricity via unofficial connections.

Ajram’s husband transferred to the hospital

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 - 09:46 GMT

Famed Lebanese star Nancy Ajram’ s husband Fadi al- Hachem was transferred to the hospital and is expected to stay there until the investigations end on Tuesday.

Combating power theft, state recovers LE 1.34B in 5 months

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 - 11:02 GMT

Hamza said the state managed to record around 1.45 million electricity theft cases between January and May.

Street children need to be helped, not ignored

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 - 12:04 GMT

Although several charity organizations collect money for such purpose, it is not always clear cut or certain that the money reaches those in need.

Insurers gingerly test bitcoin business with heist policies

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 - 02:17 GMT

The risks are clear: digital currency investors have already lost billions from dozens of cryptocurrency hacks, technical errors and fraud.

5 employees accused of stealing LE 5M arrested

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Egyptian security forces arrested 5 defendants accused of stealing LE 5 million ($ 2.8 million) from a car transporting money in Nasr City in Cairo.

Ninety-nine artifacts seized before smuggling to Europe

Fri, 05 May 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Ninety-nine historical garnished plates were seized by security forces on Thursday at Alexandria Port before being smuggled to Europe.

Gov't denies reports of theft of ancient statue

Wed, 03 May 2017 - 08:46 GMT

News that an archaeological statue from a sealed cemetery at the Pyramids site in Giza has been stolen is falsified by the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)

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