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NEW YORK – A past chair of one of Egypt's major banks faces charges of sexually abusing a missy at a wealth borough hotel, just weeks after the arrest of past International Monetary Fund honcho chicken Strauss-Kahn on similar allegations.

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar was arrested on weekday and is accused of sexually abusing the missy at The Pierre, a luxurious hotel nearby Central Park and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, personnel said.

The missy was called to Omar's room Sunday period to modify soured tissues, personnel said. But erst exclusive the 74-year-old's room, personnel said Omar would not permit her yield and grazed her inappropriately. The encounter was not reportable until Monday, personnel said.

Paul Browne, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department, said detectives institute the litigator to be credible.

There was no immediate information on whether Omar had an attorney. He was held weekday period at a personnel precinct and transferred weekday farewell to a engagement artefact nearby a borough courthouse.

Police said boost info module be released at the suspect's arraignment, due to verify place Tuesday.

Omar is the past chair of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria, but is currently an executive with El-Mex Salines Co., according to the briny production company's website.

The Pierre said it module "fully obey with the investigation," according to a evidence read over the phone by a hotel manager. "The Pierre's priority is the country of our guests and staff," the evidence also said.

The Pierre is owned by Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces of India.

The hotel move comes most two weeks after Strauss-Kahn quit as the cheater of the IMF, on May 18, after he was charged with sexually assaulting a missy at a different municipality hotel, Sofitel, nearby Times Square. He has denied the allegations, but is under house arrest as he awaits trial.

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