The The Three Companies Liquidation Commission has published the “creditors’ call” in Notícias, the country’s largest daily newspaper, and therefore, where the publication of public notices and court subpoenas is mandatory in Mozambique.
In the notification, the concerned parties are urged to “submit supporting documents in support of their claims, in sealed envelopes, within 30 days, starting from the date of publication of the public notice.”
The call of the creditors of the three companies involved in the case of hidden debts under liquidation comes after the Mozambican judiciary issued a decision to dissolve the companies due to bankruptcy and to form a liquidation committee.
The Mozambican Public Ministry considers that Proindicus, Ematum and MAM, which are public companies associated with fishing and maritime security, were used to mobilize fraudulent loans that financed a massive corruption scheme for the benefit of senior Mozambican state officials and figures close to the former president. The Republic of Armando Guebuza.
The case sparked several criminal and civil lawsuits in Mozambique, the United States and the United Kingdom.
The verdict in the main case in the hidden debt case, which was tried in Maputo, is scheduled for August 1.
In its closing arguments, the prosecution asked the court for a maximum sentence of eight out of 19 accused, a sentence close to the maximum for ten accused, and acquittal of only one.
The Mozambican Public Prosecutor’s Office also asked the court to order the defendants to pay compensation of 2.7 billion dollars (2.3 billion euros), equal to the total hidden debt, in addition to interests of 850.5 billion euros.
The loans were secured secretly by the government of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), led by Armando Guebuza, without the knowledge of Parliament and the Administrative Court.
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