At stake are indications of "the practice of the crime of fraud by fraud", according to the authorities, pointing out that the general was detained in the southern province of Cunene, while trying to escape to Namibia.
At the time of the arrest, a pistol and seized kwanza and rand (South African currency) values were seized.
Bento 'Kangamba' married a niece of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, owns the Kabuscorp football club and was the leader of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
In the past, the general has a history with international judicial authorities. He was even accused of trafficking in women by the Brazilian courts and his name was also involved in an investigation in France about the fate of three million euros seized in the south of France and which, allegedly, were intended for the general, who was in Monaco.
