On Monday, Judge Carlos Alexandre ruled that Armando Pereira and Hernani Vas Antunes are under house arrest, their passports will be confiscated, and they are also prohibited from contacting people of interest to the investigation.
Two other defendants in the case, Ernani Vas Antunes’ daughter Jessica Antunes and economist António Loureiro, were released. However, they are subject to a deposit of EUR 500,000 and EUR 250,000 respectively at the request of the MP.
This Monday, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) demanded the preventive detention of Ernani Vas Antunes, believing that there is a risk of absconding and disrupting the investigation. As for millionaire friend Armando Pereira, the MP asked for house arrest, which can be converted into a guarantee of 10 million euros.
for what cm it turned out that they cooperated with the investigation, during the interrogation conducted by the judge and the prosecutor.
The risk of absconding is taken into account because the two defendants were immigrants. Armando Pereira was in France and Hernani Vas Antunes was in Canada.
Much of the defendants’ wealth and business is outside the country, as are their tax addresses. ABOUT cm You know that Hernâni Vaz Antunes has a tax address in the United Arab Emirates.
Author: Deborah Carvalho This Eduardo Damaso([email protected])
Source: CM Jornal
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