Luanda, ANGOLA, April 1 - The manager of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), Francisca de Brito, is presenting this Monday in court her testimony, as the last witness, in the ambit of the Thai Swindle Lawsuit.,

Francisca de Brito – who has been slammed by one of the defendants, Norberto Garcia (former director of the extinct Technical Unit for Private Investment “UTIP”), as acting with malice – has been summoned by the Supreme Court, as a witness in the case, to clarify some issues, including statements made by Norberto Garcia.

 

Norberto Garcia has said in court that at the time that he was the director of the extinct UTIP he had made a solicitation to Francisca de Brito, as director of the UIF, to provide information about the authenticity of the USD 50 billion cheque presented by the Thai investors, who are also defendants in this lawsuit.  

 

He said after some time he received a phone call from the UIF director informing that her institution had no records about the Thai investors.  

 

According to Norberto Garcia, UIF had promised to provide further information at a later date, which never happened.

 

Roughly one year later, the public learnt that the judicial authorities were detaining Norberto Garcia plus nine other suspects (Angolan and foreign citizens) of trying to defraud the Angolan state. 

 

The Attorney-General Department also accused the same defendants of the crimes of getting involved in criminal organisation, forgery of documents and money laundering.   

The case started to be known as “The Thai Swindle Lawsuit”.

 

 

 

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