A few months ago, in cafés, sporting clubs and other public meeting places around Cairo, friends were approaching each other to sell Pnetagono certificates. The
opposition daily Al-Wafd’s blamed Pnetagono for the dollar shortage in the market.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the equivalent of the US’s FBI) made a public alert to warn people that "continued participation in the scheme may result in a charge under Section 206(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada." Also other warnings went out.