Egypt's Public prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmoud agreed to refer two former ministers Dr. Yousef Boutros Ghali, former Minister of Finance who skipped Egypt for Beirut; Anas el-Feki, former Minister of Information, and engineer Osama El-Sheikh, former head of the Egypt Radio and TV Union (ERTU), to a criminal court, on accusations of profiteering and squandering $70 million of public funds.
 
Al-Feki was accused of approving LE 10 million budget for the benefit of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and wasting LE 2 million in public funds on the 34th Cairo International Film Festival managed by a company of former President Hosni Mubarak's secretary Gamal Abdel Aziz's nephew .
 
El-Sheikh was accused of wasting LE 3 million on TV series as he paid amounts exceeding the actual cost and earned twice wages of broadcasters from the Information Ministry and contracted with a company owned to him and assigned to conduct affairs of TV channels and studios where amounts over the market were value paid.