Egypt has charged an Egyptian named Mohamed Essam Ghoneim el-Attar and three Israelis, who have not been named yet, with spying for Israel, a state prosecutor has said.
The Israelis recruited el-Attar, a 31- year old Egyptian who holds Canadian citizenship, while he was living in Turkey in August 2001. Israeli intelligence agents helped him get residency permit in Canada under a fake name.
He was asked to spy on Egyptians and Arabs living in Turkey and Canada where he lived and used his position in the bank, a job Israeli agents helped him to obtain, to gather information on specific accounts.
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February 5, 2007
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