U.S. charges New York man with acting as Egyptian agent, tracking political opponents

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A New York man has been indicted on charges he acted as an unregistered agent of Egypt's government, including by tracking opponents of the country's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

According to a two-count indictment, Pierre Girgis, 39, a dual Egyptian-U.S. citizen living in Manhattan, operated between 2014 and April 2019 at the "direction and control" of multiple Egyptian government employees to advance the government's interests in the United States.

Prosecutors said that in addition to monitoring Sisi's critics, Girgis used his ties with local law enforcement to obtain nonpublic information, arranged benefits for Egyptian officials visiting Manhattan, and coordinated meetings between U.S. and Egyptian law enforcement.The Egyptian native's activities included an alleged March 2019 effort to help visiting Egyptian officials attend police trainings in Manhattan that were meant only for law enforcement, prosecutors said.

Girgis was arrested on Thursday. A lawyer for him could not immediately be located. Egyptian authorities could not immediately be reached for comment.on unregistered foreign agents, including through increased enforcement, following decades of inactivity of a 1938 law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act.of acting as a foreign government agent without notifying the U.S.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan called foreign agent registration laws "critically important to ensuring that our government is not secretly influenced by foreign governments."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Aidan Lewis in Cairo; Editing by Bill BerkrotSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.

 

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