Then this is actually pretty positive news, good to see that the Egyptian police is able to catch scammers that operate on the internet.
Does someone have a decent translation of the entire article by any chance, or could someone check if there is any mention of scamming?
It's the official Facebook page for the Egyptian Ministry of Interior.
Basically the article says a 30 year-old Egyptian dentist, which it names as Ahmad A. H., was arrested for trading in foreign currencies. The security services contacted him on localbitcoin, and arranged an exchange of $13,900 for BTC at a rate of $570/btc. They met him in New Cairo and arrested him. He had $13,900 USD on him and a tablet, as well as pictures of various exchanges and deposits. The article concludes saying he confessed to the incident confirming that he was using the tablet and money to buy Bitcoin, and that he was put in front of the public prosecutor.
The article doesn't specify what the exact charge is, but it does mention trading in foreign currencies several times. Many of the comments refer to the government as ignorant or stupid, and asking where is the crime?
So trading in foreign currency was also an actual charge? If that's the case it's pretty weird that they can prosecute you for that...
