Ernani Vaz Antunes has already appeared in court in the Altis case

Hernani Vaz Antunes will appear before the Central Criminal Court in Lisbon this Monday. The businessman will be the first to speak in court.

The businessman turned himself in to authorities this Saturday. A Vas Antunes’ protection ensured that he would not be “on the run” and that he would be ready to cooperate with the authorities.

Hernani Vaz Antunes is known as the right-hand man of Altice co-founder Armando Pereira, who was arrested on Thursday following an operation by the State Ministry (MP) and the Tax Authority (AT) on suspicion of businesses linked to Altice Portugal.

Also detained during the operation are Jessica Antunes, daughter of Ernani Vas Antunes, and economist Alvaro Gil Loureiro.

The operation launched on Thursday, which resulted in three arrests, included about 90 home and non-domestic searches, including office and office premises of lawyers in various districts of the city, according to the Deputy’s Main Directorate for Investigation and Execution of Sentences (VDRUI). a country.

At stake is allegedly “an error in the Altice Group’s decision-making process in terms of hiring, a practice that harms the group’s companies and competition,” pointing to active and passive private corruption. The authorities also indicate that at the fiscal level, the state will be deceived in the amount of “more than 100 million euros.”