Armando Pereira, co-founder of Altice, was detained this Thursday after searches were made at his home in Gilchofrey, Braga. Hernani Vas Antunes, known as the right hand of Armando Pereira, is in an undefined position.
The contours of Ernani Vas Antunes’ absence are unknown. As found out morning Post, the businessman was not at home when the authorities began to search the house, and when it ended. Vaz Antunes could not be found during the day this Thursday.
Armando Pereira spent the early hours of this Friday at the PSP in Moskavid.
Jessica Antunes and Alvaro Gil Loureiro are two other people who were arrested during the police operation that arrested Armando Pereira.
At stake are crimes of money laundering, tax fraud, in particular, in the sale of the complex of buildings of the former Marconi real estate fund, located in the Picoas district of Lisbon and valued at hundreds of millions of euros.
According to the DCIAP, “the practice of money laundering and counterfeiting offenses using foreign-registered corporate structures” is also at stake.
According to the same source, f.Relevant documents were seized “to prove the commission of crimes, as well as objects representing their results, such as luxury cars and exclusive models, the estimated value of which is about 20 million euros.”
At stake is also damage to the state in the amount of 100 million euros. “The facts point to the practice of fictitious relocation of the tax domicile of persons and companies with the abuse of preferential taxation applied in the headquarters of the IRC in the Free Zone of Madeira. These facts are likely to constitute qualified tax fraud offenses, as it has been estimated that the illegal benefit received by tax suspects amounted to more than 100 (one hundred) million euros, ”the DCIAP said in a statement.
This Thursday, authorities raided the homes of Armando Pereira and Hernani Vas Antunes. Altice Portugal also confirmed that “it was one of the companies searched” in accordance with the prosecutor’s order, and that “it is providing all the cooperation requested”.
Author: Eduardo Damaso([email protected]) This Tanya Orange
Source: CM Jornal
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