国际英语资讯:Former CEO of Angola sovereign fund gets five years in jail: supreme court
<p><span word="LUANDA">LUANDA</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 14-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="CEO">CEO</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Angola">Angola</span> <span word="sovereign">sovereign</span> <span word="fund">fund</span>, <span word="Jose">Jose</span> <span word="Filomeno">Filomeno</span> <span word="dos">dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sentenced">sentenced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="supreme">supreme</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p><span word="Jose">Jose</span> <span word="Filomeno">Filomeno</span> <span word="dos">dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span>, <span word="son">son</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Jose">Jose</span> <span word="Eduardo">Eduardo</span> <span word="dos">dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="illicit">illicit</span> <span word="transfer">transfer</span> <span word="of">of</span> 500 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Angola">Angola</span> (<span word="BNA">BNA</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="supreme">supreme</span> <span word="court">court</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="dos">dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="prominent">prominent</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="known">known</span> "<span word="Case">Case</span> 500 <span word="million">million</span>," <span word="which">which</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="governor">governor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Angola">Angola</span>, <span word="Valter">Valter</span> <span word="Filipe">Filipe</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sentenced">sentenced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="August">August</span> 2017, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defendants">defendants</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="transfer">transfer</span> <span word="of">of</span> 500 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="BNA">BNA</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="England">England</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 9, 2019 <span word="but">but</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="interrupted">interrupted</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="Jose">Jose</span> <span word="Filomeno">Filomeno</span> <span word="dos">dos</span> <span word="Santos">Santos</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="directors">directors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="sovereign">sovereign</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="January">January</span> 2018, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="dismissed">dismissed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Angolan">Angolan</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Joao">Joao</span> <span word="Lourenco">Lourenco</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="corruption">corruption</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p>
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