Isabel dos Santos, eldest child of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has denied any wrongdoing., billionaire daughter of a former Angolan President, who is a suspect in a fraud investigation, Angola’s attorney general said on Friday.
Angola named dos Santos a formal suspect over allegations of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds during her time as chairperson of state oil company Sonangol, while Portugal’s market watchdog has opened inquiries into various firms in which she holds stakes.In a statement to Reuters on Thursday she said she “always operated within the law and all my commercial transactions have been approved by lawyers, banks, auditors and regulators”.
The attorney generals of Portugal and Angola, Lucilia Gago and Helder Pitta Groz, met in Lisbon on Thursday to discuss, among other things, how both countries could collaborate on the dos Santos’ case, Pitta Groz told Portuguese broadcasterif Angola could ask Portugal to seize dos Santos’ assets, namely her shares in Portuguese companies and Portuguese bank accounts, Pitta Groz said: “It could happen … It could happen.
“I will not say this is a reality now but when teams start working they could reach that conclusion,” he said.
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