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Steel magnate Ahmed Ezz was released from prison on EGP 250k bail and placed on a no-fly list. <\/strong>Ezz faces charges of illegally obtaining a steel production license \u201cdepriving the state of EGP 660 mn,\u201d Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>. Ezz and former Industrial Development Authority Chairman Amr Assal, a co-defendant in the case, were arrested in March<\/a>. The two were previously handed down 10-year prison sentences for the case, but were granted a retrial on appeal in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steel magnate Ahmed Ezz was released from prison on EGP 250k bail and placed on a no-fly list. Ezz faces charges of illegally obtaining a steel production license \u201cdepriving the state of EGP 660 mn,\u201d Al Masry Al Youm reports. Ezz and former Industrial Development Authority Chairman Amr Assal, a co-defendant in the case, were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-644918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"557bf203-0c2f-495e-811e-95772bb694bc","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"7d3b3239-4f26-427e-bd7f-ccdc0afe692d","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[644899],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nSteel magnate Ahmed Ezz released from prison - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/06\/steel-magnate-ahmed-ezz-released-from-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steel magnate Ahmed Ezz released from prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steel magnate Ahmed Ezz was released from prison on EGP 250k bail and placed on a no-fly list. 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