During the uprising, the Egyptian attorney general announced Adly had been given a travel ban.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201123142759661467.html Egypt bans ex-ministers from travel] ''Al Jazeera''. 3 February 2011</ref> Following the Mubarak's resignation, Adly and two other former ministers were arrested on corruption charges.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12500968 Egypt after Mubarak: Three ex-ministers arrested] ''BBC News''. 17 February 2011</ref> His assets were ordered frozen by a court order.<ref>Finnan, David [http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110217-cairo-court-orders-former-interior-minister-adlys-assets-be-seized Cairo court orders former Interior Minister Adly's assets seized] Radio France Internationale 17 February 2011</ref> Adly is estimated to have amassed a fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/luxury/hosni-mubaraks-estimated-70-billion-fortune-makes-him-richer-than-carlos-slim-and-bill-gates-20110215-1atxm.html Hosni Mubarak's estimated $70 billion fortune makes him richer than Carlos Slim and Bill Gates]</ref> He pleaded not guilty to corruption charges on 5 March 2011, answering questions by the judge on whether he had illegally profited from his government position or laundered money by saying "that did not happen."<ref name=nyt>MacFarquhar, Neil. Stack, Liam. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/world/middleeast/06egypt.html Ex-Security Chief Hauled to Court as Egyptians Storm His Compound] ''The New York Times'', 5 March 2011.</ref> On 5 May 2011, Adly was found guilty of fraud and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13292322 Egypt ex-minister Habib al-Adly jailed for 12 years] BBC News. 5 May 2011</ref> In June 2012, Adly, along with deposed president [[Hosni Mubarak]], was found guilty of conspiring to kill protestors during the uprising and was sentenced to life in prison in May 2012.<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126211352816938.html Mubarak receives life term for protest deaths] ''Al Jazeera'' 2 June 2012</ref> In March 2013, the conviction was overturned by the Court of Cassation and a retrial was requested.<ref>{{cite news|title=Graft trial of Mubarak-era interior minister El-Adly adjourned|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/73607/Egypt/Politics-/-Graft-trial-of-Mubarakera-interior-minister-ElAdl.aspx|accessdate=24 July 2013|work=Ahram Online|date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
