75As regards the request for assistance made by the Egyptian authorities, it must be noted that this is examined, in particular, in paragraphs 128 to 134 and 137 of the judgment under appeal. In paragraph 128 of that judgment, the General Court found that that request referred to an investigation carried out by the Egyptian Prosecution General in respect of the four appellants regarding, inter alia, crimes of corruption and usurping of public assets. In paragraph 133 of that judgment, the General Court noted that the appellants had not produced any evidence such as to cast doubt on the accuracy of the information entered on that request for assistance. Similarly, it stated that the appellants had not disputed the existence of an order of the Egyptian Prosecutor General for seizure of their assets, which had been endorsed by a criminal court. As regards the first appellant specifically, in paragraphs 130 and 137 of the judgment under appeal the General Court examined one of the documents annexed to the request for assistance and found that the first appellant was ‘accused’, in ‘[Case No] 38 for the year 2011’, of ‘usurping the assets’ of a ‘public sector company with State-owned shares’ and of ‘committing crimes of profiteering and [intentionally] harming public assets, as well as usurping and … facilitating the usurpation of [such] assets’.
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