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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Attorney General of Mozambique stated today that allegations of a money diversion scheme from the public airline LAM through payment terminals not belonging to the company are under investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are currently two processes underway at the Central Office for Combating Corruption, one registered under number 6\/2023, investigating irregularities in the management of the company, and another, number 21\/2024, looking into the circumstances surrounding the installation of POS terminals in LAM sales outlets, as well as their ownership,\u201d said Beatriz Buchili.<\/p>\n

Buchili was responding to questions from members of the Assembly of the Republic in the context of the annual information provided to parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two processes are in the investigative stage against some managers of the company,\u201d she declared, without going into detail about the judicial investigation.<\/p>\n

The case of an alleged embezzlement scheme at LAM through payments at terminals not owned by the carrier was reported in February by the company\u2019s restructuring director, Se\u0301rgio Matos.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a quick job with LAM\u2019s internal security to collect all the POS terminals, and out of the 20 ticket sales points at LAM, we collected 81 POS terminals by Sunday. There are some stores where the owners themselves do not recognize the machines and say they don\u2019t even know who they belong to,\u201d Matos said at a press conference in Maputo.<\/p>\n

Surveillance began when the company realized that, although the number of tickets sold was increasing, the accounts remained far below expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re making sales, but the company isn\u2019t getting all the money, and over the last three months of assessments, we\u2019ve seen that the difference we were having was in the range of between two million dollars (1.8 million euros) and three million dollars (2.7 million euros). In just the month of December, we\u2019re at a deficit of 3.2 million dollars (2.9 million euros),\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n

Se\u0301rgio Matos also stated that the inspection identified suspicious cases even in the collection of cash at stores.<\/p>\n

The inspection also identified anomalies regarding the refueling of aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf an aircraft has a maximum fuel capacity of around 80,000 liters, which we call 80 tons, [in the documents] the same aircraft is being refueled with 95 tons. So the question is where the remaining 15 tons are going,\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n

In addition to these anomalies, the LAM restructuring director disclosed the discovery of an account in Malawi with 1.2 million dollars (1.1 million euros), to which no one in the company has access.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one knows how to move or withdraw this amount,\u201d declared Se\u0301rgio Matos, who also reported cases of employees \u201cwho use or have used company funds to buy their own homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

LAM is undergoing a revitalization process, with the South African company Fly Modern Ark (FMA) managing it since April last year with an ongoing restructuring plan.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s revitalization strategy follows years of operational problems related to a reduced fleet and lack of investments, with some incidents, non-fatal, associated by experts with deficient aircraft maintenance.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. 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