alleged victim is a maid at a luxury hotel in new york. police have arrested a 74-year-old egyptian man who is the former chairman of a major bank. our deborah feyerick is on the story. she joins us from new york. deb, it really sounds amazingly similar to a case we saw against the former chief of the imf. what do we know about this case? >> reporter: here's what we're hearing. first of all, the alleged suspect, he is mahmoud abdel salam omar. he's the former chair of the bank of alexandria. before that, he was head of the egyptian-american bank. he currently works for el mix salines, which is a 200-year-old company described as one of the oldest international companies in the salt industry. the alleged assault took place at the pierre hotel. it's a very fancy hotel diagonally across from the plaza here in manhattan. according to police, the hotel housekeeper responded to a guest request to deliver a box of