An Angolan court has decided to freeze the assets of Isabelle dos Santos, the richest woman in Africa, including stakes in Wireless Communications Ltd's United SA, Banco BEC Bank and Banco de Fomento Angola, according to the newspaper Diario de Noticias and agency "Loza" news, quoting a statement from the Angolan Public Prosecutor's Office.
According to Bloomberg News, the court's decision also includes Cindica Ducolo, dos Santos' husband, and Mario da Silva. The Prosecutor has asked the court to issue this order, saying that the three people made deals with state-owned companies, which caused the government of Angola to lose $ 1.14 billion, according to reports.
Bloomberg quoted Dos Santos, daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who held the position between 1979 and 2017, on Twitter “a message of reassurance and confidence in my team,” without referring directly to the court order, saying “the road is long and clear. Truth".
Last October, dos Santos said that she did not commit any wrongdoing when she was president of the national oil company "Sonangdul" and described the investigation into transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from the company based in Luanda as a "political revenge."