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The news from the renowned Swiss judicial blog Gotham City cites the order of the Swiss Public Ministry, and has been replicated by several Angolan media and by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which published its own judicial document in which the charges are made.
According to the ICIJ, there were seven frozen accounts of the former president of AAA Seguros Carlos Manuel de São Vicente, who is the husband of Irene Alexandra da Silva Neto, former deputy and daughter of the first president of Angola, Agostinho Neto.
Of these seven frozen accounts, the funds of six of them have already been released, with an account that is around 900 million dollars, the equivalent of more than 752 million euros, frozen.
“My client vigorously refutes the charges against him,” attorney Clara Poglia said in statements to the ICIJ, adding that the client “confirms that he has always acted in accordance with the law and this will be demonstrated in the framework of a criminal process.”
In her statements to the ICIJ, the lawyer also warns that “any publication of aspects related to this procedure violates the principle of innocence [de Carlos São Vicente], as well as your personal rights “.
Swiss authorities claim that between 2012 and 2019 the businessman transferred almost $ 900 million from the insurer to his accounts, something that was only discovered when SYZ bank warned of a $ 213 million transfer, according to the documents. of the accusation published on the ICIJ website.
“It is unusual for an executive president and the board of directors to have funds owned by a company, even more so by an insurer regulated by the State, despite having, in this case, the power of individual representation of the company,” read in the accusation released by the consortium of journalists.
In the documents, according to the Gotham City blog, Carlos São Vicente is quoted as explaining that the $ 213 million transferred between accounts was a partial repayment of loans, but the prosecutor argues that the contracts used to support the explanation were created only after money transfers and only after the bank requests more information. “
Another of the ‘red flags’ had to do with Vicente’s request to transfer all his fortune in the investment and asset management bank SYZ to Singapore, something that the businessman explains with discontent with the management of his finances.
Angolan oil company Sonangol has a 10% stake in AAA Seguros, which was dissolved this year.
Also according to Gotham City, the Angolan authorities did not respond to the request for help made by the Swiss judicial authorities.
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