Africa-Press – Angola. The head of the Dondo Tax Office has been detained since Tuesday in Dondo (Cambambe), allegedly for crimes of illegitimate access to the information system and trespassing.
The 36-year-old Angolan citizen is an employee of the General Tax Administration (AGT) and was stationed in the province of Cuanza-Norte.
The arrest was made by the National Directorate for Combating Cybercrime, assigned to the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), for the use of the information system, computer fraud, criminal association, embezzlement and money laundering.
According to a note from the institution, sent to ANGOP this Friday, there is strong evidence of its involvement in the fraudulent scheme of compensation payments, in relation to the refund of Value Added Tax (VAT).
The arrest of the Tax Office employee is the result of a thorough ongoing investigation, which detected the existence of multiple taxes improperly processed, using fraudulent access to the computer system, in which the detainee is believed to have participated directly.
The alleged offender will be brought before the Public Prosecutor’s Office for legal proceedings, while other investigations continue into this case.
The operation was carried out in coordination with the Cuanza-Norte SIC, as part of the task force coordinated by the Cybercrime Office of the Attorney General’s Office, following the investigation into “Operation Tributo do JacareĢ,” a high-profile case involving the AGT (Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul). The operation resulted from an arrest warrant issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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