The World - News from April 10, 1988
A special Egyptian court hearing corruption charges against Esmat Sadat, eldest brother of the late President Anwar Sadat, ordered the confiscation of funds and property valued at $7.7 million. The decision by Cairo’s Court of Ethics includes property owned by Esmat Sadat’s four wives, children and their husbands or wives. After Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Muslim zealots in October, 1981, his brother was accused of amassing an illegal fortune using the Sadat name to influence government officials. Esmat Sadat said he will appeal the ruling.
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