The investigation authorities ordered the detention of the accused pharmacist Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr, known as the curcumin doctor, for 4 days pending investigations, following their decision to seize him and bring him in the case in which a report was drawn up last November, and related to him impersonating a doctor of herbal medicine, for deceiving the citizens, and deluding them that he A therapeutic expert, he can cure all diseases using raw materials from herbal extracts, and he is promoting this on his YouTube channel, a satellite channel, and his own page on the Internet..
It was also found that the Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued a report regarding the fake doctor, regarding what he broadcasts and publishes through unlicensed satellite channels, as well as through a channel on the “YouTube” website, as well as the receipt of information and investigations by the General Administration of Works Investigations and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Specialized Police Sector, stating The accused, “Ahmed Abu Al-Nasr”, who has criminal information, residing in Giza Governorate, deceived the citizens and deluded them into being a therapeutic expert who might treat all diseases using raw materials from herbal extracts, and that he was promoting this on his channel on YouTube and one of the satellite channels and his private page on It also trades in medicines that it manufactures in unlicensed places without taking the requirements that preserve the health of citizens and without a license from the competent authorities. It is broadcast from outside the country, as well as the management of a number of treatment centers and outlets for the sale of medicines, all of which are unlicensed.
After codifying the procedures in coordination with the “National Security and Public Security” sectors and the Giza Security Directorate, the accused and his centers were targeted, and a main center was set up to manage the operations of the two aforementioned channels and their call center for customer service..
On inspection, 50 hard disks were seized, and a technical examination revealed that they were loaded with “files containing the names of distributors in various governorates, as well as medicines to be distributed to customers and therapeutic methods for their use – a program to spy on customers and record conversations between them and customer service and video files during which they provide medical prescriptions to customers – files containing information.” About the company and employees – Files containing the quantity of medicines available – Programs to inquire regarding the treatments that are manufactured and to record phone calls” – A central processing unit loaded with operating systems, counterfeit and copied programs, and several programs for customer conversations and information regarding medicines and various treatment methods – 2 routers to facilitate internet connection – 7 mobile phones, each with a chip inside, whose numbers appear on TV screens through satellite and electronic channels for customers to call to order medicines.
It was also possible to seize 3 treatment centers and an outlet for distributing unlicensed medicines in Giza, and the managers responsible for them were seized..
Confronting the defendants, they confessed to their knowledge of the existence of these violations in conjunction with the first defendant, the owner of the centers and the producing company, legal measures were taken, and following intensifying efforts to arrest the fugitive suspect, the Public Prosecution decided to bring him in following the accusations were proven, and the security man was able to arrest him today in his home in Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate.
