According to a statement from the National Asset Recovery Service of the PGR, the AAA buildings, the IU and IKA hotels, located throughout the national territory and the IRCA building, located at Rua Amílcar Cabral, in Luanda, were seized.
The PGR justifies the apprehension with evidence of the practice of crimes of embezzlement, economic participation in business, influence peddling and money laundering.
AAA, led by Carlos São Vicente, married to one of the daughters of the first President, Agostinho Neto, is one of the largest national business groups, operating in the insurance and hospitality sectors.
The businessman is also a non-executive director of Standard Bank de Angola and requested his immediate suspension from office until the conclusion of the process, the bank announced on Monday.
Carlos São Vicente's name was in the news last week for suspected money laundering in Switzerland, published on a blog that tracks legal issues in that country.
According to the Swiss judicial blog Gotham City, which cites the order of the Swiss Public Prosecutor's Office, Carlos Manuel de São Vicente saw seven of his accounts frozen, six funds having been released and the account that has about 900 million dollars.
