Man Accused of Stealing Donations from San Francisco Mosques Arrested

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Local police has arrested a man who is accused of stealing donations worth thousands of dollars from a number of mosques in Bay Area.

Daly City police said on Tuesday that 47-year-old Ashraf Hegazy was taken into custody in Sacramento.

Officers believe he stole from the Fiji Jamaat Ul mosque in South San Francisco and the Daly City Islamic Center twice this month.

Investigators believe he might also be responsible for a similar burglary in San Mateo.

There is surveillance video showing a man entering a mosque and also walking through a large open carpeted room.

Hegazy faces several felony burglary charges.

The mosque authorities announced the burglaries in mid-May.

Source: KTVU