Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak's top security official was convicted Thursday, May 5, of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison, AP reports.

The conviction of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was the first against any of the some two dozen Mubarak-era Cabinet ministers and regime-linked businessmen who have been detained since Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster. They include a former prime minister, speakers of parliament's two chambers and Mubarak's two sons, all suspected of corruption.

Al-Adly is separately facing allegations that he had ordered the deadly use of live ammunition against unarmed protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak. If convicted on that charge, he would face the death penalty.

Mubarak himself and one of his two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal, face the same allegations.

The court also fined al-Adly 15 million Egyptian pounds ($2.5 million) and ordered his assets confiscated.