Luanda, ANGOLA, February 22 - The Attorney General's Office (PGR) is going to take to court, in the next 10 days, the lawsuit against the former chairman of the Sovereign Fund of Angola (FSDEA), José Filomeno dos Santos, and his partner Jean- Claude de Morais Bastos.,

The information was released on Thursday by the national director for prevention and fight against corruption, Inocência Pinto, who said that this is a process related to the management of the FSDEA assets.

In an exclusive interview with ANGOP, which will be released in the coming days, the official said that the pre-trial investigation phase of the case against the two defendants, who are in police custody in Luanda, is almost complete.

"It is not long before, I believe, the lawsuit against Jean-Claude and the citizen José Filomeno dos Santos will be in the judicial phase. The indictment is now almost complete and is expected to be taken to court within the next ten days," the official said.

The former chairman of the FSDEA board is accused of getting involved in  criminal association, influence peddling and money laundering, crimes allegedly committed while he was the chairman of the Fund, which was created in 2012.

He is also accused of receiving undue advantage, corruption and economic participation in business (punishable under Law No. 3/14 of 10 February on Criminalization of Infringements Underlying Money Laundering Activities), as well as crimes of embezzlement and fraud.

In addition to this process, concerning acts the management of the Sovereign Fund of Angola, José Filomeno dos Santos and his partner are also accused of another crime related to the swindling of USD 500 million.

This last accusation is to do with the authorization of a transfer of USD 500 million, from Angola to the United Kingdom, as part of the creation of a large strategic investment fund for the country in the order of 30 billion dollars.

Case against Augusto Tomás already in court

During the exclusive interview with ANGOP, the national director for prevention and fight against corruption also announced that "the public accusation has already been filed" against the former Transports minister, Augusto Tomás, who has been under preventive detention.

Augusto Tomás was detained for indictment of crimes of embezzlement and corruption in the management of the National Shippers Council (CNC), as well as accusations of money laundering, besides other crimes.

Still in the ambit of the same lawsuit, Rui Manuel Moita, former deputy manager for Technical Area of ??the National Shippers Council (CNC), has also been placed under remand.

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